Guest running server on port 8911 gets no clients

[SebastiaNet]

Hi, good evening.

We have received and installed a nice Windows XP guest

that has some server application listening on port 8911,

but unfortunatelly no client can get connected to this port.

My host is a x3850-M2 running ESX v 4.0.1

How can I make sure the ESX Firewall is not cutting this connection(s) ?

Any sugestions on how to manage this problem ?

Thanks. Sebastian.

[marcelo_soares]

ESX firewall never touches the VM communication. This seems more windows/firewall related than anything.

Marcelo Soares

VMWare Certified Professional 310/410

Technical Support Engineer

Linux Server Senior Administrator

[SebastiaNet]

Well ... let me tell some details ...

From the same Windows Guest, "TELNET LOCALHOST 8911" does NOT get connected, but Rejected .... Any clue ?

Of course (i bet 10 USD) server has no firewall, neither Guindous, nor Symantec ... or ZoneAlarm ... jejeje

[marcelo_soares]

seems weird, and really windows related. I don't think any vmware related issue can be generating the problem. I would really start finding out if the service is really up, "netstat -na", things like that.

Marcelo Soares

VMWare Certified Professional 310/410

Technical Support Engineer

Linux Server Senior Administrator

[SebastiaNet]

I use "netstat -ano", so the process number of the owner is also displayed,

and then I use "tasklist" or "tasklist /svc" to display who is the owner.

All is normal in my XP Guest ... but nobody can reach this service / server ....

Thanks anyway. Sebastian.