Re: [9fans] login problems

["Alberto Cortés" <alcortes@it.uc3m.es>]

On 2006-12-29 13:06, andrey mirtchovski wrote:
> >It seems that the auth port of my server (grunt) can not been
> >reached from my home. Firewall problems?, isp problems?, Any more
> >thing I can be missing?
> 
> you'll need to forward port 567 or allow connections to it somehow.
> there's a list of required ports to forward on a cpu server behind a
> nat/firewall. the list is somewhere on the wiki. if your cpu server
> has an external ip address visible to all on the internet, then the
> firewall is most likely filtering externaly initiated connections to
> ports below 1024.
> 
> you pasted the ip address of the machine in your email (the part where
> you connect from linux on the same part: you may want to delete more
> than just the command line :) so i tried it from here:
> 
> administrators-computer:~ andrey$ telnet 163.117.141.235 567
> Trying 163.117.141.235...
> ^C
> administrators-computer:~ andrey$ telnet 163.117.141.235 17007
> Trying 163.117.141.235...
> Connected to grunt.gast.it.uc3m.es.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> p9sk1@gast.it.uc3m.es
> 
> 
> as you can see, 567 times out, while 17007 does not. most likely a
> firewall being overprotective.

Yes :), my server has a public address, I was hoping someone test
it like you did :), thank you.

It seems the problem is in my server network, not at my home. I
will ask my network admin to open the port.

Thank you all for your help and your quick replys.

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