Intel 2100 Quest (USWest) Select DNS / Security Telnet Problem

[Eks]

I use the DSL Select service and connect to the ITLabs quite often. I
haven't had problems so far. Make sure that in the TCP/IP properties, you
set it to "acquire IP address automatically"

<thg...@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8v9s6i$7aq$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...
>
>
> My DSL service is this:
>
> USWEST Select
> Intel 2100 Internal modem
> Ran with both original and upgraded software on serveral computers.
>
> The Problem I have is telneting to some unix systems I get a message:
> 421: Access Denied--Your host name or IP address is not registered in
> the DNS.
>
> I have tested the modem on several computers with windows 2000 and 98
> and I get the same problem. I would like someone who has USWEST Select
> service to see if they have the same problem, simply telnet to:
>
> dodo.itlabs.umn.edu
> or onwebb.com
>
> And see if you get a login prompt, or a rejects / connection drop.
>
> Then I would like to see if someone with Deluxe service has the same
> problem.
>
> This is by no means an easy problem to fix, it does not happen while
> using telnet to most computers... Also I have a friend with Cisco 675
> and Deluxe service from USWEST and he can telnet in to those just fine.
>
> The USWEST Tech support team has been hopeless, they cannot simulate
> the problem, then they tried to tell me that the Intel 2100 card was
> designed mostly for web page viewing!?!?!? They would not even give me
> a test account to see if the problem goes away with deluxe service..
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.

[thg...@my-deja.com]

[Bridget Kromhout]

According to <thg...@my-deja.com>:

>
>
>My DSL service is this:
>
>USWEST Select
>Intel 2100 Internal modem
>Ran with both original and upgraded software on serveral computers.
>
>The Problem I have is telneting to some unix systems I get a message:
>421: Access Denied--Your host name or IP address is not registered in
>the DNS.

Despite our best efforts, some new IP blocks are put into service before
they are in DNS, and sometimes they just get overlooked. If you take
note of what your IP address is when this happens, and inform qwest
tech support that that block isn't in DNS, it will be corrected.

>The USWEST Tech support team has been hopeless, they cannot simulate
>the problem, then they tried to tell me that the Intel 2100 card was
>designed mostly for web page viewing!?!?!? They would not even give me
>a test account to see if the problem goes away with deluxe service..

*sigh* This is not a select vs deluxe problem or a 675 vs 2100 problem -
it is simply that itlabs at the U and other places require a valid reverse
lookup, and the IP address(es) you have been allocated are unfortunately
not set up right in DNS. That's all.

--bridget

--
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[Ted Rattei]

Bridget Kromhout <brid...@uswest.net> wrote:
: *sigh* This is not a select vs deluxe problem or a 675 vs 2100 problem -

: it is simply that itlabs at the U and other places require a valid reverse
: lookup, and the IP address(es) you have been allocated are unfortunately
: not set up right in DNS. That's all.

Exactly right - it happens every now and again at any provider.

Holy Cow! Are you a real, live, clueful Qwest employee? I've been
reading this newsgroup for quite a while, and haven't seen such a thing
happen ever before. At any rate, welcome to this newsgroup (not that
I am the official welcoming committee or anything, by any means!).

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[Bridget Kromhout]

According to Ted Rattei <te...@visi.com>:

>Holy Cow! Are you a real, live, clueful Qwest employee? I've been

Real - check. Live - undead, actually. Clueful - well, on a few things.

>reading this newsgroup for quite a while, and haven't seen such a thing
>happen ever before. At any rate, welcome to this newsgroup (not that
>I am the official welcoming committee or anything, by any means!).

Hi. :) I usually am down the hall at qwest.general and qwest.dsl, but
I'll try to keep an eye on things here too, since those groups are
internal to qwest.net.

[thg...@my-deja.com]

They still have not fixed this problem although I got through to a tech
who said he put a work order in... It looks like the reverse lookup is
just misconfigured, not missing as ssh to one of my systems produces:

ta sshd[48033]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 23: host name/address
mismatch: 63.228.55.160 != mplsdslgw10poolD160.mpls.uswest.net
ta sshd[48074]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 23: host name/address
mismatch: 63.228.55.160 != mplsdslgw10poolD160.mpls.uswest.net
ta sshd[48172]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 23: host name/address
mismatch: 63.228.55.22 != mplsdslgw10poolD22.mpls.uswest.net
ta sshd[48290]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 23: host name/address
mismatch: 63.228.55.22 != mplsdslgw10poolD22.mpls.uswest.net

The reason I was interested in Deluxe service was because one of the
support team thought that deluxe customers get assigned to a different
ip pool, thus those ips might not be bad...

Found that I connect through:
63.228.52.*
63.228.53.*
63.228.54.*
63.228.55.*

All are misconfigured :-(

In article <Gn%R5.1606$IR6.3...@news.uswest.net>,

brid...@qwest.net (Bridget Kromhout) wrote:
> According to <thg...@my-deja.com>:
> >
> >
> >My DSL service is this:
> >
> >USWEST Select
> >Intel 2100 Internal modem
> >Ran with both original and upgraded software on serveral computers.
> >
> >The Problem I have is telneting to some unix systems I get a message:
> >421: Access Denied--Your host name or IP address is not registered in
> >the DNS.
>
> Despite our best efforts, some new IP blocks are put into service
before
> they are in DNS, and sometimes they just get overlooked. If you take
> note of what your IP address is when this happens, and inform qwest
> tech support that that block isn't in DNS, it will be corrected.
>
> >The USWEST Tech support team has been hopeless, they cannot simulate
> >the problem, then they tried to tell me that the Intel 2100 card was
> >designed mostly for web page viewing!?!?!? They would not even give
me
> >a test account to see if the problem goes away with deluxe service..
>

> *sigh* This is not a select vs deluxe problem or a 675 vs 2100
problem -
> it is simply that itlabs at the U and other places require a valid
reverse
> lookup, and the IP address(es) you have been allocated are
unfortunately
> not set up right in DNS. That's all.
>

> --bridget
>
> --
> Bridget Kromhout ~ Qwest Systems Engineer ~
brid...@qwest.net
> God is real, unless declared integer.
> - from fortune (1)
>