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I have the following problem using telnet while try to access a certain Solaris 8 Unix machine at work.

I want to access 128.1.11.1 , but my office is in the process of moving, and this curtial machine has yet to be moved to our new office. Thus, I access remotely via telnet.

My original IP was 128.1.11.234. I am now in 128.1.17.* network range.

Sucessful Access Patterns:

1) pre-move environment
128.1.11.234 -> 128.1.11.1

2) post-move
128.1.17.93 -> 128.1.203.7 -> 128.1.11.1

Unsuccessful Access Pattern:
128.1.17.93 -> 128.1.11.1

What is it that is keeping me from going directly from the 128.1.17.93 to 128.1.11.1? Why am I able to access through 128.1.203.7 ?

Do I need to change/added sometime to /etc/inetd.conf ?

Any suggestions here would be helpful.

Can you ping 128.1.11.1 from your machine? I'm guessing it is probably a router problem. What is in your /etc/defaultrouter file and what is your netmask? You could use traceroute to see how far you get before you can't get any further.

Firewall rules, perhaps?

No, this is not an inetd.conf problem. You have a routing problem. Please post the output of the comand:

route -n

on all machines in question and we should be able to isolate the problem.