OK, I got it figured out this morning. For some reson, during the install of RH9, I had put no firewall, but after examination through webmin there was a chain for lokkit (don't know the full name of the chain now), that had everything locked down. I removed the entire chain. So I could start from scratch. I want to thank everyone for thier help and kind response. If it had not been for you and the one nice person, on dare I say, yahoo chat for linux. I would probably just keept looking it over, thinking nothing of it. In answer to some questions I had been asked, just for the sake of the discussion list. Internet connection: Comcast Cable Modem 3Meg stream - Modem is Terayon TJ715x with access to the network through either cat5 type cable or usb cable. I have it run on through the hub, so it's running cat5 type cable now. Total dynamic ( i believe that's right, for the type of ip address that change when you reconnect the cable modem or reboot a computer) 1 for my linux box, 1 for my windows box, 1 for my daughters computer and one shared for my internet phone and my gf's computer when she is here, just switch back and forth between the 2 when needed. So a total of 4 ip address. Type of share: 5 port hub. All 5 ports in use. On questions 4 and 5. 4, yes can access local 5, i can not access from remote machine. was that is. Thanks again everyone. you were all wonderful with all of your help. Daniel Vickers. Your Friendly Cognigen Agent: camvida Daniel Vickers (DV) Communications http://danielvickers.com/dvc http://ld.net/?camvida Office #: 1-646-405-3712 Email Address: daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Get a free T1 quote @ http://danielvickers.com/freequote Turn Your Broadband and/or 56k dial up connection into a full fledge telephone @ http://danielvickers.com/internetphone make calls from your pc to regular phones and also recieve calls from regular phones, with many choice of area codes to choose from. I do have infmation for making it work under linux also, so dont hesitate to check it out. Or contact me. > >-----Original Message----- > >From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > >[mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Benjamin J. Weiss > >Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 5:44 AM > >To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > >Subject: Re: Problem with inbound connections > > > > > >From: "Daniel H. Vickers" <shrekster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> OK, I included a dump of netstat -tap in netstattap.txt... Just want > >someone > >> to double check it for me. Also when you say IP address of > >your host, you > >> mean the ip address of my server, correct? > > > >Daniel, > > > >Okay, I've slept since then, so let's make sure that I understand what's > >going on first, then we can see if we can figure out why it's happening. > > > >1) You have a linux box running at home that you are using as a server. > > > >2) You have another box running at home as a desktop. Is it linux or > >windows? > > > >3) Both boxes are hooked up to the same switch or hub, sharing > >an ip space > >(192.168.1.x or similar) > > > >4) When you are at the console of the server, you are able to access the > >services that you desire (imap, pop3, telnet, etc). > > > >5) When you are at the desktop, you cannot remotely access those services > >(except webmin?) > > > >6) Your netstat -tap shows that your services are running and > >that they are > >set to listen to all IP addresses. > > > >7) Your firewall is currently disabled. > > > >8) When at the console of your server, you are able to access external > >services (use mozilla to see redhat.com, etc). > > > >Some immediate recommendations: > > > >1) on the server, try running "service iptables stop" and see if it now > >works. > > > >2) Install nmap on the desktop box (nmapwin if it's a windows > >box) and try > >running a scan of your server to see what the ports are saying > >about being > >open. > > > >3) On the server, run "ifconfig -a" and show us the results. On the > >desktop, if it's linux, run the same. If it's windows, run > >"ipconfig /all" > >and show us the results. > > > >4) Are you running a "cable router" or other NAT device between the two > >boxes? > > > >Ben > > > > > >-- > >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
