Whois - unable to connect.

[Simon Slater]

	G'day all.
		I'm having trouble with whois timing out. Here is a sample:

[root at ipex ~]# whois -vv 199.43.0.144
[Debug: Cache = On]
[Debug: Force lookup = No]
[Debug: Force host = (None)]
[Debug: Force port = (None)]
[Debug: Config file name = /etc/jwhois.conf]
[Debug: Follow redirections = Yes]
[Debug: Display redirections = No]
[Debug: Whois-servers.net service support = Yes]
[Debug: Whois-servers domain = whois-servers.net]
[Debug: Raw query = No]
[Debug: Rwhois display = (None)]
[Debug: Rwhois limit = (None)]
[Debug: Force rwhois = No]
[Querying whois.arin.net]
[Unable to connect to remote host]
[root at ipex ~]# ping whois.arin.net
PING whois.arin.net (199.43.0.144) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from whois.arin.net (199.43.0.144): icmp_seq=1 ttl=230 time=382
ms
64 bytes from whois.arin.net (199.43.0.144): icmp_seq=2 ttl=230 time=366
ms
64 bytes from whois.arin.net (199.43.0.144): icmp_seq=3 ttl=230 time=419
ms

--- whois.arin.net ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 1998ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 366.589/389.819/419.889/22.290 ms
[root at ipex ~]#

	I suppose the config file is the first place to look, but what is the
relevant section?  Couldn't see anything relevant in bugzilla.  I'm
using F8 if that makes a difference.

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Regards,
Simon Slater
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