Problem with inbound connections

[Pete Nesbitt]

On May 13, 2004 07:45 am, Daniel H. Vickers wrote:
> OK, I included a dump of netstat -tap in netstattap.txt... Just want
> someone to double check it for me. Also when you say IP address of your
> host, you mean the ip address of my server, correct?
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Ike Leong
>   Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 7:08 AM
>   To: redhat-list at redhat.com
>   Subject: Re: Problem with inbound connections
>
>
>   Hello Daniel;
>
>   If all checks out okay with 'nestat -tap' and you still cannot get
> incoming connections try doing:
>
>   route add <IP address of your host> <alias name of your nic port/card>
>
>   Ike
>
>   >From: "Benjamin J. Weiss" <benjamin at weiss.name>
>   >Reply-To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list at redhat.com>
>   >To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list at redhat.com>
>   >Subject: Re: Problem with inbound connections
>   >Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 08:22:35 -0500
>   >
>   >From: "Daniel H. Vickers" <shrekster at danielvickers.com>
>   >
>   > > For some reson, I didn't see my other post on this show up on the
>
> list, so
>
>   > > here goes again.
>   > > I just installed RH9. I have out bound connections just fine. But no
>   >
>   >inbound
>   >
>   > > connections at all other then webmin. I've tried both by ip and by
>
> domain.
>
>   > > My host isn't blocking any of the ports cause my windows box is
>
> working
>
>   >fine
>   >
>   > > on the inbound connections. My hosts.deny and hosts.allow are both
>
> empty
>
>   > > (defacto from install), my firewall is defacto from setup also. When
>   > > I
>
> was
>
>   > > going through the install of RH and it asked about the firewall, I
>   > > put
>   >
>   >none,
>   >
>   > > so nothing would be blocked and I could setup the way I wanted after
>   > > I finished the install. All the services I am trying to access work
>   > > fine
>   >
>   >when
>   >
>   > > i access them localy on the linux box, but not remotely from any
>
> computer
>
>   > > that I have been able to tell. Services I have been trying to access
>
> are
>
>   >so
>   >
>   > > far; ssh, telnet, httpd, etc... It's just weird that I can access
>
> webmin,
>
>   > > but nothing else. Any ideas would be greatly appriciated.
>   >
>   >Try running:
>   >
>   >netstat -tap
>   >
>   >This will tell you what services you are running that are bound to ports
>
> and
>
>   >are listening.  It could be that your services aren't on for some
>   > reason.
>   >
>   >Ben


Ben,
I don't think the routing that Ike suggested is needed as the RH box has no 
problem connecting outbound, it sounds more like a networking problem where 
the packet never reaches the box.

What does your network look like? Are both the Linux and Windows boxes on the 
same LAN behind a firewall/gateway of some sort?

What are the ip/network for each of them?

If both RH and Win boxes are on same LAN, have you tried to test services from 
the windows box?
Can you ping it from the windows box?  If not, what is the error?

-- 
Pete Nesbitt, rhce