i am trying to test connection to a 5.3 box. from an xp machine, telnet connects but shows only a blank screen. cursor moves as i type, but no response back.
have used telnet, putty and accuterm - all same result
verified that telnet services are active in xp
xp windoze firewall is off - service not started
set norton on the xp box to accept any protocol traffic from 5.3 box
verified that router is not blocking telnet or comms between the systems
verified that telnet services are active in 5.3
verified that aix is listening on port 23
verified inetd.conf, services and rc.net all look good
i can ping the 5.3 box from xp
i can ping the xp box from 5.3
telnet from the 5.3 box works to the xp machine - receive a logon
telnet from the xp machine to 5.3 connects, shows no logon or other characters
netstat -an|pg on the 5.3 box while telnet from the xp machine shows that the connection is established on port 23 on 5.3 box and port 3100 on the xp machine
any suggestions or info. on what i may be missing so that i can telnet from the xp machine to the 5.3 box and login successfuly is appreciated. once i can confirm this, i'll look into an ssh connection.
gito - yes, i had tried that and was able to do the localhost telnet - sorry did not mention that
frank - yes, I waited approx 15 minutes to rule out any negotiating delays and to see if it would time out - which it did - i also have the system set to timeout for inactivity
jgt - nat is enabled on the router - however, i did/do not see options for specific ports or a range of ports - i'll dig some more on that
1) Are you able to post the output from this command from BOTH computers, making it clear which is AIX and which is M$:
netstat -rn
2) Long shot
If the XP computer is a laptop and this is a wired LAN connection, make sure that the wireless is disabled.
3) Even longer shot
Whether disabled or not the Microsoft Windows XP Firewall is omnipresent. Enabling "telnet" on a totally disabled Microsoft XP Firewall could well do the trick. I've seen it work with FTP connections.
xp machine is not a tower/desktop
yea - i've experienced the same where a disabled windows firewall is disabled but still mucking up connectivity - i set it to allow for telnet, no change
here are the results from netstat -rn for each system
aix 5.3 box
netstat -rn
Routing tables
Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use If Exp Groups
Route Tree for Protocol Famil 2 (Internet):
default 192.168.1.1 UG 0 2 en0 - -
127/8 127.0.0.1 U 5 106 lo0 - -
192.168.1/24 192.168.1.105 U 1 5 en0 - - =>
192.168.1/24 192.168.1.106 U 1 1 en1 - -
192.168.1.101 192.168.1.1 UGH 0 58 en0 - -
192.168.1.105 192.168.1.106 UHSb 0 365 en1 - - =>
192.168.1.105 127.0.0.1 UGHs 1 714 lo0 - -
192.168.1.106 127.0.0.1 UGHs 0 1 lo0 - -
192.168.1.255 192.168.1.105 UHSb 0 4 en0 - -
Route Tree for Protocol Family 24 (Internet v6):
::1 ::1 UH 0 0 lo0 - -
Looks like the AIX box has two interfaces, both with IP addresses on the same network. As somebody pointed out in a post not too long ago, this is invalid.
Which IP address is the PC trying to connect to?
There are some very strange static routes too.
Perhaps an AIX comms specialist can explain what is going on here.
hey - thanks for all the replies/help. i got it now.
frank - i could telnet to 192.168.1.106 - but, 105 worked at first, today gave me a permissions error; obviously i had changed something earlier in the game.
so, i started from scratch and everything looked good. then i spotted a static route in rc.net to the default gateway, which i must have added before. once i commented that out, since it is already set in en0 and en1, the telnet worked both on the system and from the outside client.
its good now - thanks again!
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