LAN connection FC5 - RH7.2

[Paul Howarth]

Per-Anton Rønning wrote:
> Hi,
> I have an old PC running RH 7.2.  I have now successfully etablished FTP 
> connection from FC5 to RH7.2,
> so I have my backup system up and running, connectinh via the RTL8139 
> card on FC5.
> 
> The problem is that i do not succeed in connecting to FC5 from RH7.2 - I 
> can ping it (both with hostname and local IP)
> but it will not allow FTP access. What may I have overlooked on the 
> RH7.2 PC in setting up the connection?

You may have overlooked opening the FTP port on your FC5 box's firewall.
Or you might even have neglected to set up and/or start the FTP server.

Paul.