On Wednesday 13 July 2005 10:32, Tim Holmes wrote: > I do not have telnet installed, so the trick of > > telnet srvfs-01:3306 will not work > > I need to find out whats going on and blocking this port, as > well, in a broader sense, I need to begin to develop some network > troubleshooting tools for Linux In addition to Sjoerd's advice, consider installing a telnet client as it's one of the handier utilities to have around to help troubleshoot your network. Regards, Mike Klinke