[fredfarnes]

I really need help with this. After spending days trying to solve this problem, your help is very appreciated!

I have Redhat 9 and can ping my server. I can also ssh to my server.

However, I get not http or ftp response from my server from other machines on the internet!

If I ftp or use lynx while logged in to the server (ssh or console), I do get a response. But not from anywhere else.

Iptables are turned off see here:
/root# /etc/init.d/iptables status
Table: filter
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

ftp and httpd are running, see here:

/etc/rc.d# /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd status
httpd (pid 1340 1339 1337 1336 1335 1334 1332 1331 1276) is running...

/etc/rc.d# ps -A|grep ftp
1230 ? 00:00:00 vsftpd

Any ideas? What else can I check?

Thanks for any help!

-Fred

[lynch]

Describe the network you're on and how you connect to the internet and we'll have a better idea of what's happening.
lynch

[fredfarnes]

This an ethernet 10/100 PCI card connected to a DLink asdl modem through a Telus adsl account. Nothing complicated about that.

The linux server can ping the rest of the world and also raise web pages from google via lynx.

I've tried using a dumb switch, to allow another computer to share the adsl.
The second laptop on that network then can ping the linux server, but cannot get any response to http or ftp requests from the linux server.

The linux server itself does respond to ftp and http requests via 127.0.0.1, but any attempt from elsewhere does not get a response.

Thanks for any help!

-Fred.