Re: [Sheflug] Networking

[Barrie Bremner <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "Alex" == Alex Hudson <home [at] alexhudson.com> writes:

    Alex> On Monday 29 October 2001 11:50 pm, you wrote:
    Llewelyn> I can ping from either box from downstairs I can telent,
    Llewelyn> ssh, ftp to upstairs with no problems. Going the other
    Llewelyn> way I get connection refused by remote host what
    Llewelyn> configuration files do I need to look in to sort this
    Llewelyn> out. I have read the networking howto and am still
    Llewelyn> confused.

    Alex> /me lays small amount of money on Ian's hosts.allow
    Alex> answer....

Quite possibly. Looks like no inetd running either tho.

Baz's highly unreliable guide to basic network services follows after
this annoucement... :-)

    >> Usual check for nameserver problems:

Well, I generally use www.bbc.co.uk - cause it replys to pings, unlike my
webhost or slashdot.

    >> should be the same site. If http://194.247.47.86/ works, but
    >> http://www.sheflug.co.uk/ didn't, then something is wrong with
    >> DNS.

    Alex> *looks at Baz.

    Alex> "http/1.1 hostname based hosting" is whispered by the wind.

    Alex> /me lays small amount of money on this being a test that Baz
    Alex> hasn't tested ;)


/me thinks Alex thinks right :-)

OK. So, change for the IP for 64.28.67.150 and the hostname to
slashdot.org ;)

Baz.
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