On 8/16/2011 10:51 PM, Andre Speelmans wrote: I have been going through all the responses I got so far and am now in process of going through this. I can't test the 127.0.0.1 as I've got my systems somewhat horked trying to sort things out ... after this email I am backing everything up to "factory install" to try out this and the other suggestions for tests. What I do know at this point is that it is not a matter of name resolution as I tried telnet <name> 22 to use ssh which I know works and the name resolved with a connection made (though utterly useless to use). Aside from the concerns about "why is my network the way it is" which I intend to address, I am pretty certain the problem is in iptables. I can telnet to cs.cmu.edu, so I know telnet is working on all my machines. My iptables is the default per F14 installation: +++ # Generated by iptables-save v1.4.9 on Tue Aug 16 22:13:30 2011 # Used command "iptables-save > iptables_F14_ORIGINAL_yoyo" *filter :INPUT ACCEPT [0:0] :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [9950:627381] -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p icmp -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited -A FORWARD -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited COMMIT # Completed on Tue Aug 16 22:13:30 2011 +++ I don't understand the OUTPUT as it is different for each of the three machines I am working with, but from what I can tell from the iptables literature, my issue is with INPUT I added a LOG on input immediately before rejecting and can see that, on the destination machine, there is an entry corresponding to the request "telnet <name>" (note I have dropped the port number to allow telnet to use its default port): +++ Aug 16 22:39:58 chalupa kernel: [ 2784.447580] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:e0:81:00:4c:b0:00:e0:81:00:62:94:08:00 SRC=192.168.2.11 DST=192.168.2.10 LEN=60 TOS=0x10 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=49145 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=36385 DPT=23 WINDOW=5840 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 +++ I don't see anything in /var/log/message on the machine that I did the telnet request on (which would be the 192.168.2.11 in the above message) I have been trying what I think is the correct edit in all permuations I can think of ... as in: +++ iptables -I INPUT <where every the log entry is> -{s,d} 192.168.2.{10,11} -p tcp -{destination,source}-port telnet -j ACCEPT +++ I am not having success and the messages in the log are showing me that I am making a mess. One of the interesting things is I am now getting "connection refused" rather than "no route to host" and I need to see what change I made caused that (which is also interesting as I would have expected "connection refused" if the resolution was "REJECT"?) If I know what 192.168.2.x machines I want to be able to telnet to and I modify all machines to have the necessary in iptables to allow a telnet to/from, what am I missing? Thanks in advance (this iptables stuff is a bit daunting ...), Paul -- 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