ISP blocking specific ports

[Gerard Seibert]

On Tuesday, November 22, 2005 9:57:27 PM, ross <ross.penner at 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 at 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 at monochrome.org
> > **                     [ Busy Expunging <|> ]
> 
> Thanks for the info
> -- 
> What time is it?
> 
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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.

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