redhat firewall and network

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.  I got similar errors recently when I installed Gentoo on my new
box.  It turned out I didn't have an entry for the new box in
/etc/hosts.allow on the Debian box.

Hope this helps.
          Kenny

On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 04:17:37PM -0500, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
> Does anybody know from experience whether the firewall set up by saying
> "ok" to "firewall" in the fedora installation would inhibit communication
> between two computers via ssh and scp. When both of my boxes ere debian, I
> was able to hook up the two with an ethernet cable )was not doing this when
> online) and assign ips and do file transfers and ssh, etc. Now I can't do
> this; I get errors about the destination being unreachable or the
> connection closed or no route to host. Before I start trying to redo my
> firewalling, especially since I eventually intend to have the two
> computers in a network when on line, I'd like to know if anybody has
> experienced this and found the firewall or something else to be the cause.
> I did try several times with two different cables, so I can probably rule
> out a bad cable though of course not 100%.
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cheryl
> 
> "Do not fear, for I am with you;
> do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
> I will strengthen you and help you;
> I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup