Re: Remote connection fails with Operation timed out.

[Larry Jones]

Ron Smith writes:
> 
> At 11:31 AM -0400 6/7/01, Larry Jones wrote:
> >Ron Smith writes:
> >>
> >>  cvs [login aborted]: connect to ga01db03(1.2.2.21):2401 failed:
> >>  Operation timed out
> >
> >Looks to me like you've got a network problem on the client machine.
> >I suspect that telnet to the server machine would also time out.
> 
> Nope, I can telnet to the machine just fine -- I can even run CVS 
> locally on that machine just fine.

Nonetheless, the error message you're getting indicates that the
client's request to connect to the server timed out, which clearly
indicates a network problem of some sort.  Perhaps there's a firewall
between the client and server that's blocking port 2401?

-Larry Jones

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