Are you positive that the rsyncd service is running on the host? (Windows host, right? It should show up in the list of Windows services).
Try this command: rsync -vvv router:: Hopefully that'll give some additional info. -Rob Cory Rivera wrote: > Rob, > > I need to make a slight correction to my previous e-mail (please read that > one as well, though :) ) > > rsync router:: returns > rsync: failed to connect to router: Connection refused (111) > rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(104) > [receiver=2.6.9] > > Thanks, > Cory > > > > Cory Rivera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Rob, > > Thanks for clarifying - I figured that laptop and laptop.university.edu would > not be discoverable but at this point I'm ready to try anything. > > Now, in response to your question / suggestions: > > The router is a D-Link DI-604, and I followed the instructions on > www.portforward.com to forward port 873 to the static IP address that I > assigned my laptop. The enabled check box is checked so I can only assume > that the port forward is enabled. The laptop is running Windows Firewall and > I followed the directions here: > > http://www.sonoracomm.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86&Itemid=32 > > to set up BackupPC on a Windows host, configuring the firewall through DOS > Commands as suggested at that site. I've also tried not running Windows > Firewall and got the same results. > > "ping router" and "ping router.university.edu" are both successful, 0% > packet loss. > > However, > "nmap -p 873 router" (or router.university.edu) returns > Note: Host seems down. If it is really up, but blocking our ping probes, try > -P0. Nmap finished: 1 IP Address (0 hosts up) scanned in 4.007 seconds) > > Trying the -P0 option gives: > Interesting ports on router.university.edu (AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD): > Not shown: 1695 filtered ports > PORT STATE SERVICE > 113/tcp closed auth > 873/tcp closed rsync (This does not show if I enable Port Triggering > on Trigger Port 873 and Public Port 873 both set to TCP/UDP but it doesn't > seem to help) > > Nmap finished: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 34.223 seconds > > Finally, > rsync router:: returns > rsync: getaddrinfo: router 873: Name or service not known > rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(104) > [receiver=2.6.9] > > > Thanks, > Cory > > Rob Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Cory, > > You're going to want your host to be called either "router" or > "router.university.edu". If you're on the local network, probably > either will work. "laptop" and "laptop.university.edu" will not work, > because they're not known on the public side of the router. > > The error messages you're getting sound like either your router is not > configured properly, or there's a firewall blocking your attempts. I've > seen router configs where you not only had to specify the port and the > host, but you also then need to check the box next to "enable" or > something similar. Is there a firewall enabled on the laptop? > > Try these commands from the BackupPC server: > > 1) ping router > A successful ping tells you that the network knows where "router" is. > > 2) ping router.university.edu > A successful ping tells you that the network knows where > "router.university.edu" is. > > 3) nmap -p 873 router (or router.university.edu) > This is a port mapper and will tell you if the router is really > listening on port 873. I'm not sure what happens, though, if the router > is listening but the host behind the router is not. Anybody else know? > > 4) rsync router:: (or router.university.edu) > That's a double colon after "router". This won't transfer anything--it > just asks for a list of available modules. If the rsync server is > working and receiving your requests, you should get a listing showing > something like: > backup Backup Folder > > -Rob > > Cory Rivera wrote: > >> Now I have tried all of the four following hosts (in the /etc/backuppc/hosts >> file): >> >> router (name assigned to the router's IP address) >> router.university.edu (full name) >> laptop (NETBIOS name of the laptop I want to backup) >> laptop.university.edu (full name of the laptop as set up in 'System >> Properties' >> >> >> > > >> Trying to back-up: >> >> router gives "inet connect: Connection refused" error >> router.university.edu gives "inet connect: Connection refused" error >> laptop gives "host not found" error >> laptop.university.edu gives "host not found" error >> >> Thanks, >> Cory >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? 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