i can ping all computers in local workgroup but can't telnet to linux 9.1 box
please help me, advise me?
thanx,
doug

Is telnet even running? I think it runs in xinetd (not as a daemon)...but I would strongly advise against telnet - it's unencrypted, insecure, and easy to exploit. Use ssh as a better alternative.

You could try portscanning your linux box with nmap - see if port 23 is open (for telnet) or port 22 (for ssh).

Same here : don't use telnet , use ssh
You need several things in order for telnet/ssh to work
First the server must be running :
chkconfig --list |grep telnet
Then there is the 'protections'
if tcpd is running check the files :hosts.allow, host.deny
Then the firewall (ipchains, iptables):
you need to make a hole for the port used by telnet(ssh) . The ports are listed in /etc/services
All this on RH/Mdk ; each distro has its quirks. There is also graphical tools that help a lot at the beginning (like guarddog for the firewall)

ssh not avail on windoze box:
"ssh 192.168.0.133" gives " 'ssh' is not recognized as internal or external command, operable program or batch file"

"telnet 192.168.0.133" gives "connecting to 192.168.0.133...could not open connection to the host, on port 23: connection failed"

i'm trying to connect from a "windoze xp box" to a "slackware 9.1 box"

Thanx again for your help,
doug

That's no Windoze world here : on Linux boxes everything network is shut closed by default (for obvious security reasons).
You could do worse than have a look at the net and networking-howtos but that's quite a steep learning curve.
It is better to stick to graphical tools as much as possible. I repeat :for firewalls guarddog is very easy to use (you need to install it yourself) or use the tool provided in the slackware distro.
But you still need to have the telnet (or ssh) server working on the Linux box. I don't know the slackware distro , on mine (RedHat or Mandrake) i have a graphical tool to start/stop services (in the system menu , SysV-Init Editor). You surely have something equivalent.
There is a slackware forum too..


Just google for a free ssh for the Win platform (PuTTY,..)

ssh isn't built in to Windows. Use something like PuTTY for that...

cdlen, I disagree with this:
"on Linux boxes everything network is shut closed by default"
There are several network servers turned on ut of the box" on several distros of linux. All distros are different, so I won't get into specifics, but one of the first things I do after an install is turn off all the stuff I won't use. I will agree that telnet is usually closed by default, however.