Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 23:33:57 +1000 (EST) From: Carey Nairn <cp_nairn@cc.utas.edu.au> To: "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Cc: Chris Odom <chris@digitech.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: telnet to freebsd box, says connected but never says "login:" Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960615232917.15282C-100000@wedge.its.utas.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199606140708.JAA12367@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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On Fri, 14 Jun 1996, Christoph P. Kukulies wrote: > > > > I just got my FreeBSD 2.1 box on our local ethernet. I can ping it. When I telnet to it, > > it says "Connected to x.x.x.x", but it never says "login:". > > I also get the same problem with FTP. It connects, but it never gets past that point so that > > I can login. > > Appears as if inetd is having trouble starting up the appropriate server for whatever port I > > happen to connect to? > > Given you did a normal installation out of the box (CD) or ftp and specified > the network information correctly this behaviour is unusual. > > From what kind of system are you trying to log in? > > Can you do the reverse? ping from your FreeBSD box to the other system? > > What does ifconfig <interface> give? > > netstat -i > > netstat -r > > what does /etc/ttys look like? > > Do the ptys exist in /dev ? > > Do you see any error messages in /var/log/messages on your FreeBSD box? > I had similar problems connecting to a FreeBSD box but in my case via an Annex III terminal server. The solution for me in that case was to set tcp_extensions=NO in /etc/sysconfig on both machines. Apparently the RFC 1323 and RFC 1644 TCP options were broken on our terminal server software. I believe the latest revision of the software has fixed this problem. cheers, Carey ========================================================================= Carey Nairn ! email : Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au Networks and Communications ! phone : (002) 20 7419 Information Technology Services ! fax : (002) 20 7898 University of Tasmania. ! =========================================================================
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