On Tue, 2011-08-16 at 06:11 -0500, Rick Sewill wrote: > On Tuesday, August 16, 2011 12:04:57 AM Paul Allen Newell wrote: > > Greetings > > > > I am trying to figure out how to get communication between my F14 boxes > > on a local wired LAN. The best test case I can come up with to prove > > that I don't know what I am doing wrong is telnet. > > > <...snip...> > > Ping works great between all of the machines for both <otherX> and > > <otherX>.localdomain, lists the 192.168.10.x address like a happy camper > > should > > > > But a telnet <otherX> 25 or telnet <otherX>.localdomain 25 fails. > > > > I can't tell if I need to add information about the other machines > > somewhere else on <name> or if they really are known but something is > > blocking it. > > > > You didn't say if you could telnet locally to your local host: > Does this command work: telnet localhost > If not, the telnet service needs to be enabled/started. ---- you obviously missed that he was trying to telnet to port 25 Please use greater care in understanding what the OP is trying to do before chasing him down a useless path. He doesn't need telnet server. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
