On 03/19/2012 05:02 PM, Mike Dwiggins wrote:
This takes a restart from scratch!
My base Network setup was a wired Network which got it's DHCP from a Linksys Wireless gateway. The WAN connection to the Linksys was through a Fedora 14 Server.
I have two Servers both of which have a Fixed Routeable address from my ISP. I was working just fine with my below described Firewall setup until I tried to connect a DirectTV HD DVR via the Network. This is when I found the blocked Port problem as described below.
The first reply I got asked what system-config-firewall showed, it seemed like a reasonable question so I ran the program. I looked and the program had nothing about the ports in question so I closed it!
Immediately thereafter I could get nothing through the Server out to the Internet! I can ping to the output address of the Linksys but, nothing further from inside the house. I can access the Internet from the server but not from behind it. It seems the problem has just gotten worse and I have no idea how.
ip route shows a valid routing from the interior facing port to the exterior facing port but, nothing seems to pass.
Let me just say that I'm a bit confused. When someone asks about ports and them being closed it refers to "inbound" connections. But, now you seems you are tying to make a connection to the internet from behind a F14 system (acting as a firewall?) and can't connect....for example to http://fedoraproject.org/.
So, is your problem trying to access the internet or the internet trying to access a server ?