Thanks for your help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I viewed the /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd file. Upon close examination, I looked at /usr/sbin/xinetd and found it didn't exist, but /usr/sbin/xinetd-2.3.0 did. Fortunately, only a simple link was needed. Where can I find ethereal? ********************************************************************* Signed, SoloCDM ___________________________Reply_Separator___________________________ On Thu, 1 May 2003, Niall Mansfield wrote: > With the small amount of info. you give it's impossible to say. To > find out what's really happening, run tcpdump or ethereal to see > what's on the wire. Assuming you're telnetting to 192.0.2.1: > > tcpdump -n host 192.0.2.1 or ethereal -S -k -i eth0 -n 'host > 192.0.2.1' > > and that will show if a. packets are being sent to the destination b. > any packets are being received from it > > That will guide you in checking out your logs to see the cause of the > behavior you're seeing. > > On Apr 30, 12:50pm, SoloCDM wrote: > > > Subject: Telnet-ing Prior to Mandrake 8.0 I was able to telnet to my > > server, now that isn't possible. I tried everything I know to make > > it work. I know of ssh, but it isn't my primary concern. What is > > blocking my telnets? - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html