On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 19:04, Thomas Sapp wrote: > Ok, here is hopefully my last problem for a while... (Doubt it! hehe) I > have several computers setup on a network connecting to a cable modem > through a linksys dsl/cable router w/8 port switch. I have my Fedora Care 2 > machine set up as DMZ Host. > > I can connect to the HTTP, VNC, and FTP services without any problems, > however, I can not access IdentD, Telnet or Finger services. I have done > several searches and they all tend to refer to an inetd.conf which I assume > under fedora is xinetd.conf. I have made the many suggested changes and > have also contacted my ISP Tech helpdesk and Linksys's helpdesk but nothing > seems to resolve the issue. > > Does anyone have any ideas why I get an error of "Could not open connection > to the host, on port 23: Connect failed" or "> Finger: connect::Connection > refused" when using these services? I think it may have to do with the > host.allow and host.deny files but these are both empty at the moment. Any > help would be appreciated. > > I have a similar set up with a linksys. have you went in to the linksys admin -192.168.1.1 and checked for firewall rules there? I know on some routers and firmware port 113 is blocked by default and you have to uncheck it to run.. For telnet I'm not to sure as I dont use it, but there may be a similar rule set... also check the linux firewall settings
