On Tuesday, 28 February 2006 10:49, SnapafunFrank wrote:
> Running Mandriva2005LE (kde3.2) and using a Linksys WAG54G Router/Gateway.
>
> Everything usual is working fine for this stand alone system but I need
> to check whether or not a particular port is open.
>
> Pinging a particular address is without problem but a traceroute for the
> same address goes nowhere.
>
> Now I've reached my level of understanding so am seeking advise from
> anyone who would care to point me in the right direction so that I get
> to understand how to use Mandriva ( albeit at konsole ) to check this
> out and if found blocked, how to allow a particular program to access
> the net via a particular port. ( Port is in the 5XXX range and the
> program is OpenMFG_DEMO ).
>
> So I guess that the first thing is to ensure that Mandriva is allowing
> the program though before I double check the Linksys setup.
>
> Any suggestions anyone ?
First of all, you can use nmap (or nmapfe) to see what ports are open.
If you have a firewall running, that is where you need to make changes, if the
ports you need are closed off.
cheers
Duncan
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