Broadband ports clsoed by VM ?

[vbcoen]

I have a hub 3 acting as a modem connected to a ASUS 86U.

I run a BBS system and have now opened up ports 21,22 and 23 to allow for access into my systems using telnet and ssh using port forwarding direct to the computer hosting such BUT any calls in using ssh or telnet the caller gets a message that the connection is refused., i.e., :

ssh: connect to host applewoodbbs.linkpc.net port 22: Connection refused

I cannot find out what is causing this so the question is does VM have these ports locked out for all and if so how do I get them opened along with some others ?

[Natalie_L]

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[BenMcr · Accepted solution]

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@vbcoen wrote:

I cannot find out what is causing this so the question is does VM have these ports locked out for all and if so how do I get them opened along with some others ?

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The ports blocked by Virgin Media can be seen on this page https://www.virginmedia.com/help/broadband/enhance-your-wifi-security

[vbcoen]

Resolved - problems caused by the fact that sshd not set up and telnetd not running.

Possibly caused by update of distro version not updating these services correctly, and I did not check that it did.

Ports 22,23 now working but I will removed the telnet service As soon as I can as it's an accident waiting to happen!.

Thanks for the replies,

Vincent