Re: Telnet to Localhost but not Server IP

From: Miha Pihler [MVP] (mihap-news_at_atlantis.si)
Date: 01/19/05 

Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 19:56:05 +0100

If there is nothing listening on TCP port 25 on IP address 192.168.0.1 make
sure that your mail service (Mailmax) is running and has correct IP address
assigned... 

-- 
Mike
Microsoft MVP - Windows Security
"Brent Bortnick" <BrentBortnick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:24AEDC24-6B12-4CE7-B3C6-8F5A9AE59738@microsoft.com...
> The error when trying to telnet to IP is: Could not open connection to the
> host, on port 25: Connection failed
>
> I ran netstat -an and port 25 is open for the localhost but not for the
> 192.168.0.1. Thats interesting why would the localhost be open but not the
> actual IP.
>
> I am not running any personal firewall on the server but I do have a 
> netopia
> firewall for external access.
>
>
>
> "Miha Pihler [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Hi Brent,
>>
>> what is the error that you get? Access denied, timeout, ...? If you run
>>
>> netstat -an
>>
>> do you see IP address 192.168.0.1 listening on TCP port 25'
>>
>> Do you have personal firewall enabled on Windows 2003?
>>
>> -- 
>> Mike
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Security
>>
>> "Brent Bortnick" <BrentBortnick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in 
>> message
>> news:29395AE2-BB4D-44CB-97E9-57BC259CB2BD@microsoft.com...
>> >I am able to telnet to my mail server using:
>> >
>> > telnet localhost 25
>> >
>> > but cannot telnet to the mail server using the servers IP:
>> >
>> > telnet 192.168.0.1 25
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any idea why I cannot access the mail server this way.
>> > Server OS = Windows 2003 and Mailserver = Mailmax 5.5.
>> >
>> > Thanks for any help or ideas.
>> >
>> > Brent Bortnick
>>
>>
>>

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