> terry wrote:
>
> i've reinstalled linux again 7th time and it still does not work.
> this time i get a timeout to login although it connects to local
> linux machine using ip address it will not complete a ftp session.
One of these days I'm going to truly understand why people seem to think
that installation numbers 4, 5, and 6 are going to somehow magically
going to turn out better than the first three attempts. I'm baffled,
truly.
As to your problem...
You need to explain a bit more about your network and what things you
have configured and tried. From your message, it sounds like you've got
another Linux machine in the office there. Am I correct in reading that
you can ping and connect to the "problem" machine? What problems come
up when trying FTP?
> I think its got something to do with the domain. I have set
> domain name: megabitwest.net
> host name: http://www.megabitwest.net *
I really hope you didn't set your hostname to that! What does
/etc/hosts currently show? How about ifconfig and route? Post those
back to the list and maybe we can help out a bit more.
> * by the way this is my URL , i hope to host my own domain with Linux!!!
>
> when i configured the lan ethernet card i chose ip # 209.54.142.164
> (card in linux mach.)
> gateway ip # 209.54.142.161 (cisco dsl router)
> DNS server ip #209.54.122.2 (my isp dns server)
>
> my /etc/inetd.conf has the line of:
> ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd -l -a
Which looks fine. We _REALLY_ need to know what's failing in a LOT more
detail before we can even begin finding a solution to your problem.
With the limited information you provided, there's about 300 things that
could be wrong.
--
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
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