Donna,

Here are a few ideas:

- INETD is running? (sorry, had to ask the obvious)
- telnet and ftp are configured in INETDCNF.NET.SYS?
- Is there an allow/disallow directive in /var/adm/inetd.sec?
- Run SOCKINFO.NET.SYS and enter "c" to view all of the ports the system is
listening on.

Doug.

Doug Werth                             Beechglen Development Inc.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna Garverick" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 4:42 PM
Subject: network connectivity problem


> hi all!
>
> please read this all the way to the end (hahaha)
>
> i've got two mpe machines on a *tiny* network.  there are no
> routers or switches -- just a hub.  there's no
> dns....nothing sophisticated.  both boxes have a hosts file
> set up with entries for different things on this network.
> one of the mpe systems is a a-class with 7.0pp1.  the other
> is a 937 running some level (i don't know offhand) of 6.0.
>
> if i try to telnet/ftp from the 937 to the a-class it works
> marvelously.  however, this is what i get going from the
> a-class (or even a pc) to the 937:
>
> :ftp
> File Transfer Protocol [A0011001] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co.
> 1990
> ftp> open xxxxx
> Cannot connect to host: xxxxx (999.999.999.999)  (FTPERR 9)
> Connection refused (SOCKERR)
> ftp> quit
> :telnet xxxxx
> Telnet Client [A7000000]     (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 1994
> Trying...
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host
>
> the goofy thing is pinging the 937 works -- so i know that
> it's minimally present on the network.  (tracert (from a pc)
> goes straight to the 937 (as expected))  afaik, nothing has
> a duplicate ip address.  the network on the 937 has been
> stopped and restarted (although the box hasn't been rebooted
> in months).  the services file has an entry for (many
> things, including) telnet and ftp.  any thoughts?          -
> d

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