telnet ted 7100 Trying 128.148.229.2... telnet: connect to address 128.148.229.2: Connection refused telnet: Unable to connect to remote host However, this gives me an idea. The campus may have firewall rules that are not allowing the connection. Thanks everyone for your help. I'll let you know my final setup when it all works. On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 1:46 PM, <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Doll, Margaret Ann wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Nigel Wade <nmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 26/10/11 16:51, Doll, Margaret Ann wrote: > >> > I would like to add the mathematica fonts to the xls path on the head > >> node, > >> > but that is where I am still having the problem. > <snip> > >> On the client, the machine with the X server, check the font > > > > server is accessible: > > > > This is where it falls apart. ted is the head node > <snip> > > Then from the Mac: > > > > xfsinfo -server ted:7100 > > xfsinfo: unable to open server "ted:7100" > > gc166-mad:~ mad$ xfsinfo -server ted.hetchem.brown.edu:7100 > > xfsinfo: unable to open server "ted.hetchem.brown.edu:7100" > > > > I modified the iptables to allow tcp for input and forward on eth1; eth1 > > is the connection from the head node to the outside. > <snip> > Hmmm... can you try telneting from your Mac to ted, port 7100? > > mark > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list