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[George Toft]

> Charlie Bullen wrote:
> 
> I have been working with 3 e-smith servers, one at home and 2 at
> different businesses. I have PPTP  and SSH activated on both servers.
> One has an SDSL connection using ATT and both services work fine all
> the time. The other has an ADSL connection using Qwest and both
> services work only intermittently. Both installations are the same, by
> the way, one hasbeen running over 3 monthsnow wthout the need to
> reboot.
> 
> I think that qwest must have ports 22 and 1723 turned off. Any other
> ides why I would behaving these roblems?
> 
> Charlie

The qwest terms of service allow shell access to your 
own computer.  Also, port 1723 is an unprivileged
port, so I doubt either are blocked.  If you provide 
me your IP address (privately), I'll run nmap against
you from Florida.

Regards,

George