hi, I am new to linux. I installed mandrake linux in my machine. I am trying to use ftp and telnet, but it doesn't seem to work. In console, I type ftp or telnet, it shows titles ftp or telnet. Then, I try to open a link by typing " open ..... " something like that. But it doesn't seem to work. It just stop there. Am I doing the correct procdure? or do I have to configure some setting in linux?

You should make sure you can 'see' the other computers you are trying to connect to. Try pinging them. if you can ping them, you should be able to connect to the ones that give you permission to do so.

Please check whether the machine you are telnetting to has telnet turned on. You can check in inetd.conf file. Also, check /etc/hosts.allow and hosts.deny files and put the IP address explicitly.

I have put the IP address of remote computer on /etc/hosts.allow and put "none" on /etc/hosts.allow, but telnet still not work yet. It just display error message :"connection refused" also when I try telnet to the computer itself. But if I type telnet command like this : " telnet 194.100..... 80" (80 is port number) it say connected to ......., but the command that I type there not known and the end connection lost by itself. Please tell how to solve this problem. Thank you. Veronika