[LAU] Problem connecting to LinuxSampler

[R. Mattes]

On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:05:38 +0200 (CEST), Julien Claassen wrote
> Hello Ralf!
>    The hosts file is OK. Here's what telnet outputs:
> telnet 127.0.0.1 8888
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out
>    And if I do this:
> telnet localhost 8888
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connection failed: Connection timed out
> Trying ::1...
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Network is unreachable
>    So name resolution isn't the problem. It simply seems, that all 
> connections are blocked somewhere.   

Firewall? 'Connection timed out' wouldn't be the error message for a port
nothing is listening to. That would report 'Connection refused'. Timeout
sound suspiciously like some (dumb!) firefwall rule.
Maybe 'sudo iptables -L' could give some insight ...

HTH RalfD
 
> Ping also shows the adress 
> 127.0.0.1, but simply can't receive iany packets from localhost. I 
> also tried with 127.0.0.1 just to have done it all. :-( Same 
> difference though. 



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