The problem shouldn't necessarily be related to the card's mac address since you're able to ping hosts on your network and you're getting your ip address from your network's dhcp server. Try these steps and check if it helps:
1. Flush the firewall using these commands (i'm not sure what version of RH you're using so try the 2 commands anyways):
service iptables stop service ipchains stop
2. Check if the telnet-server is installed:
rpm -q telnet-server
3. Check if the ftp server is installed (on newer versions of RH, wu-ftpd is no longer used but is replaced with vsftpd, though you may try both commands below:
rpm -q wu-ftpd rpm -q vsftpd
4.a If telnet-server is installed, check if it's running:
chkconfig --list telnet
Run this to enable it if it's no enabled:
chkconfig telnet on
4.b If wu-ftpd is installed, check if it's running:
chkconfig --list wu-ftpd
Run this to enable it:
chkconfig wu-ftpd on
4.c If vsftpd is the one installed, better use this one instead. try these 2 commands and check which one will enable the ftp server:
chkconfiv vsftpd on service vsftpd restart
if those servers aren't installed, just tell me your RH version and I'll hit you back giving the steps on how to do so.
tsirs!
Rodel Miguel wrote:
The board we're configuring is a generic x86 board. RedHat is the distro we're using on this board. I'm sure the correct ethernet adapter is probed (I can ping on other hosts). Everything works perfectly well except the network services, because of this BROADCAST MAC ADDRESS. Are there ways to get this working with a special MAC address at hand? We're asking the manufacturer of the board if we could change the MAC address of this board (they have not provided it yet). We've tried updating the ARP table of the board and the hosts that would access the board to accomodate FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF MAC address, but the board seems not to respond to requests or replies of the hosts (we checked the packets using ethereal and tcpdump). :(. We've checked the telnet and ftp packages if its installed, and we're perfectly sure it's installed.
Thanks alot!
Rodel
-----Original Message----- From: Rafael 'Dido' Sevilla [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 11:28 PM To: Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List Subject: Re: [plug] Telnet Problem
On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 07:20:21PM +0800, Rodel Miguel wrote:
Hi!
I need help regarding MAC address issue. I am porting linux on a new board, the board has a built in ethernet adapter, since the board is just an evaluation kit, the MAC address is initially set to ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (broadcast). I can successfully ping other hosts with this MAC address and i can successfully get an IP address from a DHCP server. The problem is, I cannot use services like telnet and ftp (client and server) on this host. What could be the problem with my setup? I know the MAC address is a big issue on this, how can I resolve this issue? Thanks a lot!
Amen, someone can't use telnet or FTP! :) If you do get this working, don't bother using either of those services. Seriously. What evaluation board are you using? Are you sure you probed the correct Ethernet driver for it? Maybe the board requires some instructions to further configure the Ethernet.
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