[6495] in RedHat Linux List
Re: 4.0 and networking
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Anderson)
Wed Nov 27 16:31:14 1996
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 16:46:38 -0500
From: Paul Anderson <andersop@agapesystems.com>
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Brian Duncombe wrote:
>
> I described my problem and asked for help a couple of days ago but got no joy.
>
> My problem:
> I have 3.0.3 (O'Reilly) installed and working fine.
> I install or update to 4.0 (RH archive CDs) with no apparent error messages
> or warnings
>
> After installing 4.0 and selecting "complete", the system works fine when
> using the console but most remote stuff fails.
> I use absolute addresses (eg. 192.9.3.164) to avoid name resolution
> problems when testing.
> FTP will connect but not prompt for a login
> Telenet will connect but never prompt for a login
> web browser can't connect
>
> It is as if something is not allowing any of these services to work to a
> remote machine.
>
> BTW
> I CAN ftp from the other (NT 4.0ws) system to RH 4.0 system
> I CAN ping RH 4.0 system from NT system
>
> I find it hard to believe that I am having this problem and that no-one
> else seems to be. I do nothing special.
>
> Thoughts:
> - selecting "complete" may have installed a package that the rest of you
> didn't and it causes more security?
> - there is something about NT 4.0 that affects RH 4.0 but not 3.0.3
>
> I have re-installed 3.0.3 which works fine so I will be looking for
> something definitive before any more attempts.
>
> Brian Duncombe brian@triolet.com www.triolet.com
> "Inside every large program is a small one struggling to get out."
> C. A. R. Hoare
>
OK, this might be an obvious question, but I will ask anyway. What
kernel are you booting off of? If you do an upgrade you are probably
still booting off your old kernel and you need to build an boot off the
new one.
Paul Anderson
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