I'm new to Linux and LinuxQuestions has really helped out alot. But I've looked everwhere for an answer to this problem.

I can't ping, telnet, or vnc into my Linux machine from Windows, but I can ping and vnc into Windows from Linux. I have tried both host name and IP address, neither work so I know it's not a DNS/hostname file issue.

Is there some firewall software/setting that is blocking all incoming connections?

Another thing, not too important, is that it takes a while to start loading some website but not others, "Looking up...". For Example, this site takes a long time, but when I ping it, it resolves the IP address pretty fast. Could just be Firefox. Not a big deal.

So yea, so far that's it. Any thoughts?


uname -a
Linux AlphaLinux 2.6.11-6mdksmp #1 SMP Tue Mar 22 15:40:42 CET 2005 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz unknown GNU/Linux

uname --version
uname (coreutils) 5.2.1

Hi,

I was having the same problem wit you.
Can u check your Firewall settings at the Security Level?
I set up the security level, and i managed to ping my Linux Box, VNC and SSH.

ping <ip addy>
that's all it takes
operator