[ale] Telnet problems - continued

[Gary Maltzen]

(Part 2 of 2 part answer)

When you appear to have established a telnet connection from Win98 to Linux,
'netstat -tn' on the Linux box should show that connection, i.e., a line
like this (.32=Linux, .143=WinNT):

Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address    Foreign Address   State
tcp        0    126 10.0.0.10:23     10.0.0.143:1241   ESTABLISHED

Likewise, from the Win98 box, open an MS-DOS window and type in
'netstat -n -p tcp' and you should get a line like this (extraneous lines
removed):

  Proto  Local Address          Foreign Address        State
  TCP    10.0.0.143:1241        10.0.0.10:23           ESTABLISHED

Do /etc/hosts.deny and /etc/hosts.allow allow telnet connections either
explicitly from the Win98 box or implicitly from the LOCAL net?

Is there any message in /var/log/messages or /var/log/secure indicating a
connection problem?

-----Original Message-----
 From: Brubakken, Eric <eric.brubakken at SouthernEnergy.Com>


Yesterday I posted a problem using Telnet and being forced to use the modem
to connect to my LAN at home. From numerous responses here I have solved
that delema and thanks to all that responded to my question. But now for
the next round.

I have 2 WinXX boxes on my LAN and I can open a MS-DOS command window on
each box and ping my Linux box without a problem. But on the new Win98 box
when I now use Telnet every thing 'appears' to be working but, I do not get
any prompt for a login when trying to connect the the Linux box. I can type
in characters, but nothing else happens. When I select disconnect from the
menu I get this message "You still have open remote connections - do you
want to disconnect?". Each PC connected to the LAN has a subnet address of
255.255.255.0 is this correct or should each subnet be unique?

Thanks

Eric