Unable to ftp/telnet from outside to my home network
 

I am unable to get telnet and wu-ftp to work on redhat linux 7.2. I am trying to set-up my

own personal network at home. I have DSL connection with linksys router. I have installed

Redhat linux 7.2 on one of my boxes connected to the router. I have turned on the

"Forwarding" ports option of the router for telnet and ftp ports for my ip address.

When I try to ftp from outside to my linux host, and I do a "ps -ef | grep telnet" on my

linux box, I see the telnet connection. But, the telnet actually does not go thro. I would

really appreciate if someone can tell me what I am doing wrong. I can access the internet

outside using telnet/ftp/http from inside my network, but I am unable to come inside from

outside.

I can do telnet/ftp to localhost sucessfully. But, I am not able to telnet/ftp from outside. Please help

 

Use utility like nmap from outside to scan your ports. Look which one are open. It looks they are not forwarded, in fact.

perhaps U have a firewall installed, by default RH 7.2 does that , use lokkit command to modify or disable firewall

just some info:
due to the lack of security: do NOT install wuftpd or telnet
use proftpd or sftp for ftp and ssh for terminal services instead