On 5 March 2012 01:35, don fisher <hdf3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am running f16 and am trying to get NFS so work. I can ping the site, but > when I try and telnet to it I receive "Name or service not known". > > What does telnet require that ping does not? > >From other people's replies it sounds like they think you're trying to use telnet to log into the computer is that the case? As suggested it's a bad idea and may not tell you much. However, 'name or service not known' sounds to me like a failure to resolve the address you gave it, telnet to a closed port here gives me: $ telnet localhost Trying 127.0.0.1... telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused Are you using a hostname rather than an IP address? The same for ping? Is ping reporting the right IP address if you're giving it a hostname? What does traceroute think? Are you able to run nmap against the host? (N.B. running nmap against someone else's system could be regarded as unfriendly and get you in trouble, so make sure you can do so first if unsure.) -- imalone -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
