Topic: news server access

[steve]

I am using e-smith as a gateway for a cable modem and I am having trouble getting my client computers to connect to my isp's news server.  I can ping the address of the news server without a problem but when I try to connect using a news reader it cannot find the server.  I don't know if this is a problem with port 119 or if there is something else that i'm missing.  Any ideas??

[Rick]

need more info about your setup, from a web browser if you type www on your client machine and hit enter do you get your e-smith manager home page or your isp's home page?

[steve]

Neither, I get my website homepage.  The index page in the primary ibay.  I think it has something to do with the firewall blocking port 119.  I can ping the address and if I hook up the cable modem directly to a client everything works.

[Rich Lafferty]

SME Server does not block any outgoing ports. What is the
hostname of the news server? Can you telnet to it from the
commandline of the SME Server:

   telnet news.tofu-dog.com nntp
   [server greeting]
   QUIT

Cheers,

  -Rich

[Mike Stoddart]

I am suffering from a similar problem. I have E-Smith installed as a gateway between my Win98 PC and my internet cable connection with Shaw.

When I try to connect to Shaw's (cable provider) email server, my computer cannot resolve the DNS address of the email server. When I type "www" into my browser I go to the homepage of my E-Smith server.

[Nuke]

I am having similar problems with Cogeco.  When I use the telnet command suggested by Rich, the response is : .... xx.xxx.xxx.xxx: No route to host

When I type: "www" I also end up at the "Welcome to XYZ Corp..."

My server is set up as servergateway-private.

Everything else seems to run well.

Any pointers would be appreciated
Cheers!
Nuke

[Brian B]

I am having this same problem, I had solved it before (prior to e-smith) when I had a cable modem and a server a few years ago.

The name of the news server for cable modem service I have is just "news" In my news client I put the name news and the port 119 and when I check for newsgroups the client reports that I it is unable to locate the news server.