Problem solved!  (you might know, just minutes after my last post)

The problem was that the telnet line in the inetdsec file on the existing
HP 3000 installed base is very, very long, and the offending system was the
last entry on the line, and the line apparently had some non-printing
character in the entry for the offending system.  Editing the telnet allow
entry in inetdsec by rekeying the entry for the offending system solved the
problem.

Now, why didn't it just say "Connection Refused"?

My thanks to all who wrote!

John


>-----Original Message-----
>From:   John Korb [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:   Monday, May 10, 1999 4:06 PM
>To:     [log in to unmask]
>Subject:        Telnet problem on one of three new systems
>
>The problem:
>
>Three new HP 3000s were installed on a LAN (same segment).  All are identical,
>except for their IP addresses (the installer swears that the system
configs are
>identical and that the NMMGR configs are identical).  I've looked at them, and
>I don't see anything different.
>
>Two of the new systems are working fine.
>
>One of the new systems has a problem with Telnet, namely, it WILL talk to
>anything that ISN'T an HP 3000, but it WON'T talk to any HP 3000.
>
>Below is what they get when they try to connect to another HP 3000 via telnet.
>Oh, and system names were changed (a little) to protect the guilty.
>
>   WHEEZE#telnet
>   Telnet Client [A5500000]     (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 1994
>   telnet> o winkin
>   Trying...
>   Connected to WINKIN.BLINKIN.NOD.
>   Escape character is '^]'.
>   Failed to turn on single echo: 68.
>   Failed to turn on single echo: 68.
>   IPCSend failed: result = 64.
>   Send to WINKIN.BLINKIN.NOD failed.
>   Failed to enable Transparent: result = 72.
>   Failed to turn on typeahead: -255.
>   Failed to turn on single echo: -255.
>   Failed to turn on echo: -255.
>   Failed to disable Transparent: result = 72.
>   Failed to turn on echo: -255.
>   Failed to enable Transparent: result = 72.
>   Failed to turn on typeahead: -255.
>   Failed to turn on single echo: -255.
>   Failed to turn on echo: -255.
>   Failed to disable Transparent: result = 72.
>   Failed to turn on echo: -255.
>   Connection closed by foreign host.
>   WHEEZE#
>
>Any ideas?
>
>John
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>John Korb                            email: [log in to unmask]
>Innovative Software Solutions, Inc.
>
>The thoughts, comments, and opinions expressed herein are mine
>and do not reflect those of my employer(s), or anyone else.


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John Korb                            email: [log in to unmask]
Innovative Software Solutions, Inc.

The thoughts, comments, and opinions expressed herein are mine
and do not reflect those of my employer(s), or anyone else.