fredtaub Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 We have a new Retrospect 8 for Mac installation. I'm trying to connect to a linux client who is running openSUSE 11.1, but Retrospect does not see the client when I enter its static IP. Any help appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 A few questions: (1) exactly what version of Retrospect 8 (8.x.x) (need this information for both the console and the engine) (2) What version of Mac OS X on the machine running the Retrospect 8 engine? (3) Is it possible that a firewall (hardware or software) is in place between the engine and the linux client? You need to be able to see port 497 on the client as open from the engine machine. You might try turning off some firewalls, etc. That's if you are telling Retrospect the client IP rather than having Retrospect discover the client by multicast. Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredtaub Posted March 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 The console is 8.1 (Build 626). The engine is v8.1.626.1 Both the engine and the console are on Macs running the latest Snow Leopard (10.6.2). The openSUSE client is on the same subnet as both the console and the engine. The console does not see it whether I use multicast or specify the IP number. When I try: telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 497 it just hangs. openSUSE indicates that 497 is set to LISTEN. Trying to figure out how to open 497 all the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 The openSUSE client is on the same subnet as both the console and the engine. The console does not see it whether I use multicast or specify the IP number. Ok, that simplifies things. When I try: telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 497 it just hangs. openSUSE indicates that 497 is set to LISTEN. Trying to figure out how to open 497 all the way. Ok. Focus on that. You should get a connection. Of course, you do have the client running when you do that test, right? 10.6.2 is pretty restrictive with its firewalls. Make sure that they are off when you do the test. Might even need something odd like a sudo telnet. Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredtaub Posted March 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 My openSUSE user did something to properly open the port on his Linux box and all is well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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