Re: Wrote a server, but telnet can't connect

Re: Wrote a server, but telnet can't connect

[Colin Foran]

>
>
> if you do the accept as a statement of its own, and then test the
> result in the if() condition, then you avoid this common novice trap.
> The days when there was a real advantage to combining the function
> call and the conditional test are long gone.
>
> --

thanks Andrew, really appreciate the interest.
I've changed the program as youve suggested, and even done away with the error
checking altogether, but Telnet still gets timed out. dont suppose youve seen
anything else that might trip it up?
Again, thanks for the interest
Cheers

Re: Wrote a server, but telnet can't connect

[Matti Aarnio]

On Sun, Jun 02, 2002 at 08:48:48PM -0400, Colin Foran wrote:
> thanks Andrew, really appreciate the interest.
> I've changed the program as youve suggested, and even done away with 
> the error checking altogether, but Telnet still gets timed out. dont
> suppose youve seen anything else that might trip it up?

  Perhaps your machine has some built-in firewall ?

  E.g. picking lattest RedHat and answering "strict security" into
  default-firewall building question in the installation tool will
  cause this kind of problems.

> Again, thanks for the interest
> Cheers

/Matti Aarnio