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Subject: Re: [Shorewall-users] cant open port
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 05:43:46 +0100
From: andrew <andy_00@btopenworld.com>
To: Tom Eastep <teastep@shorewall.net>
Yeah i have been working on it for days now and i havent a clue. I only have
a modem connection so to change over i swap the modem and my ip is assisgned
dynamicly i was gonna network them to share the connection(getting broadband
soon) but i thought i better get the problems i have just now worked out
before i start that. thats why eth0 is down.
the thing i find strange tho is that it seasm to work everywhere else it just
woulnt open the port.
I never saw any problems in the confguring and making
*boggles*
if you need anymore info feel free to ask because im lost
On Tuesday 26 Aug 2003 3:01 am, you wrote:> On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, andrew wrote:
> > thanks but when i dial up on my windows machine i can run servers from
> > port 80 no bother. but to make sure i moved httpd to port 2525 checked
it
> > worked on the loopback and edited the rules file to open 2525 after a
> > restart of shorewall it was still the same thing and no trace attempt
of
> > it in the logs?
>
> Then I haven''t a clue what you are doing wrong. I''ve
never seen a case
> where it didn''t "just work". Are your Windoze box and
Shorewall box
> getting the same IP address?
>
> > thanks ill disable ping from the net.
>
> I was trying to tell you that you already *have* disabled it -- your log
> was full of attempts by someone outside of your firewall to ping the
> firewall.
>
> -Tom
yeah sorry its late here
I always seam to get a lot of crap from the net dont have a clue what it is
and i think i can live with out it :)
thanks
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thanks in advance
Andrew
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thanks in advance
Andrew