Try running tcpdump -nn -i eth0 port 23
on both machines and see what traffic is passing. On Mon, 27 May 2002, Upendra wrote: > Dear friends, > I have two DELL machines both running RedHat Linux 7.2 connected to each > other by a crossover cable. I can ping one from the other other without any > problem. > But I can not telnet to the telnet server from either one. I modified the > file in /etc/xinet.d/telnet where disalbe=no and I restarted > /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd ..but I am still not able to telnet. From the > machine itself, I can telnet to itself, but from other machine, it says > connection refused. > > any help would be appreciated. > Thanks > Upendra > > -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people Contact detail at http://www.lannetlinux.com "Life is like a hot bath - it's great when you're in it, but the longer you stay the more wrinkled you become." - Garfield -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
