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From: "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
Subject: Re: telnet to freebsd box, says connected but never says "login:"
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> 
> 	I just got my FreeBSD 2.1 box on our local ethernet.  I can ping it.  When I telnet to it,
> it says "Connected to x.x.x.x", but it never says "login:".
> 	I also get the same problem with FTP.  It connects, but it never gets past that point so that
> I can login.
> 	Appears as if inetd is having trouble starting up the appropriate server for whatever port I
> happen to connect to?

Given you did a normal installation out of the box (CD) or ftp and specified
the network information correctly this behaviour is unusual.

 From what kind of system are you trying to log in?

Can you do the reverse? ping from your FreeBSD box to the other system?

What does  ifconfig <interface> give?

netstat -i

netstat -r

what does /etc/ttys look like?

Do the ptys exist in /dev ?

Do you see any error messages in /var/log/messages on your FreeBSD box?



> 
> Help?
> 
> Chris
> 
> 

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de