networking

[trehopr]

i am very new to this im trying to network two computers both have redhat 7.3 on them i can ping them but using telnet it says connection refused what am i doing wrong they are both set up as sql server servers they are on a hub ive also used a crossover but did not help

[mychl]

You have a firewall running... I think during install you have an option of setting this on or off, it's on by default...

RH 7.3 still uses ipchains by default, so look in /etc/init.d for an ipchains script.... if it's there, then you can turn off your firewall by typing...

/etc/init.d/ipchains stop

Test your connection....

if you want to turn your firewall back on, just use /etc/init.d/ipchains start

If the problem is indeed your ipchains, then you really aught to figure out how to allow only the ports you need for your requirements, and turn on the firewall for everything else....

HTH