Re: ISP blocking specific ports

From: Gerard Seibert (gerard_at_seibercom.net)
Date: 11/23/05

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To: ross <ross.penner@gmail.com>, Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>

    On Tuesday, November 22, 2005 9:57:27 PM, ross <ross.penner@gmail.com>
    Subject: Re: ISP blocking specific ports
    Wrote these words of wisdom:

    > On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:48:20 -0800, Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org>
    > wrote:
    >
    > > On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, ross wrote:
    > >
    > >> Hi, I have a feeling that my isp is blocking remote access to port 80
    > >> and 21 of my computer. I have the ftp sever running but I can only
    > >> connect from a local machine. I'm curious if there is a way I can test
    > >> this.
    > >
    > > Try connecting from outside? Ask your ISP, or look at their terms of use?
    >
    > I was more just curious if there was a simple preexisting way to check
    > that sort of thing. Not a big deal.
    > >
    > >> I'm also wondering in what configuration file do I change the port that
    > >> ftpd listens on? I can't seem to find it anywhere.
    > >
    > > Look in /etc/services for this sort of thing.
    > >
    > > HTH.
    > >
    > > --
    > > Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org
    > > ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ]
    >
    > Thanks for the info
    > --
    > What time is it?
    >
    > Dodgeball Time!

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    On 10/11/2005 5:29:42 PM, Gerard Replied:

    This might be a long shot, but if you have recently installed a new
    router, you might want to insure that it is not blocking those ports. I
    had just such a situation recently similar to what you are experiencing. 

    -- 
Gerard Seibert
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	"The early worm, on the other hand... gets eaten."
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