Problems with rsh command

Hello guys, I have a script in a Linux server, from where I go to 3 Sun servers and run process.
Now i have done an upgrade and increase 1 Sun server more, now i need to run the shell in the Linux Server (into the shell is rsh command), but when i try to do ir with the new Sun server, i hace the following error:

Connection refused

I already add to the new server .rhosts file the name of the Linux server, but the problem dont fix.

Please your help.

.netrc

I had problems with rsh recently and needed to enable the following in inetd.conf

shell stream tcp nowait root /usr/libexec/rshd rshd
login stream tcp nowait root /usr/libexec/rlogind rlogind

also make sure your rhosts file is chmod 644 or 600

do you face any issues using ssh? just wanna check this out from you :o