Hi Terry, > > > $ telnet -4 bitfolk.com 54321 > > > Trying 85.119.80.199... > > > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused > > > $ ... > I get exactly the same result when I try to telnet into my static IP > address.
So you should try comparing a port you expect your router to be listening on, the VPN TCP port, and a port which you expect to have nothing listening on it, 54321 in my example above. If both give ‘connection refused’ then your router is not accepting incoming VPN TCP port connections. But if the VPN ones don't immediately fail with that error and the other ones do then the router is willing to do something. Then you have to work out what, e.g. is the next hop getting the incoming packet from the router? tcpdump(1) can help there, as we've probably discussed before. > my power adapters failed, so I am now using a WiFi Extender with an > Ethernet port. Could that have any bearing? Not obviously, to me. Move the VPN hosting machine closer to the router, if you're in doubt. > from my PC on 192.16.1.21. If that's your PC then your public IP address probably ends in 167 and you've already made it public through the header fields of your email. Just in case that makes it easier to say what you're trying to do and the port numbers involved. -- Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2024-06-04 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
