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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.0 & 2.2.1
Date: 14 Apr 1997 09:59:54 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <5is2ga$nq1@dailyplanet.wam.umd.edu>,
byung@wam.umd.edu (Byung Yang) writes:
> I am using FreeBSD 2.2.0 and there is some server that uses FreeBSD 2.2.1.
> The problem is that I cannot connect to the server. When I try to telnet
> to the server, it shows :
> Trying ???.???.???.???...
> Connected to ???????.???.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> but after that, it just gets stuck there. I found one weird error that if
> I try to use rlogin instead, i get :
> -> rcmd: server.com: Undefined error: 0
> and if I try to execute using rsh, then I get :
> -> select: protocol failure in circuit setup
> When I use ftp to connect to the server, it says connected to blah.com but
> after that, i don't see any login prompts. Samething happens to www. It
> says connected to blah.com. waiting for connection. and then it sits
> there.
> I can't access any of the ports on that server. When I try different
> operating system like windows, then I don't get this error. It just
> connects. Other people said it worked. I used to connect to the server
> using the same setup / OS when the server ran Linux, but after it switched
> to freebsd 2.2.1, i just can't connect directly from my box.
> Does anyone have any idea? or is it one of the bugs in the new releases?
> THanks all.
Does ping work ? Can you access other machines ? Do you have a
"not to smart" /etc/rc.firewall ?
This isn't "one of the bugs in the new release" - it would have been
a bit of an oversight if it was, don't you think !
> Byung
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
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