Sounds like IPCHAINS or IPTABLES is running and traffic is blocked on the machine you are trying to hit. I also don't see telnet or SSH open and running according to your nmap screen. What is it you are trying to communicate across them? Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "bs" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 8:16 PM Subject: redhat network problems > ease excuse this newbie's ignorance but I have RTM and I still can't get > my two Redhat 7.3 boxes to talk to eachother. I can ping from one to the > other but everything else is refused. Nmap shows just a few ports open. > > Starting nmap V. 2.54BETA31 ( www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) > Interesting ports on stimpy (192.168.39.1): > (The 1547 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed) > Port State Service > 111/tcp open sunrpc > 113/tcp open auth > 199/tcp open smux > 678/tcp open unknown > 1024/tcp open kdm > 1026/tcp open nterm > 6000/tcp open X11 > > *pinging localhost shows* > Starting nmap V. 2.54BETA31 ( www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) > Interesting ports on localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): > (The 1546 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed) > Port State Service > 111/tcp open sunrpc > 113/tcp open auth > 199/tcp open smux > 678/tcp open unknown > 1024/tcp open kdm > 1025/tcp open listen > 1026/tcp open nterm > 6000/tcp open X11 > > Thanks in advance, Brian Sanders > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hanks in > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >