XP Prof - Port 119 problem - News Reader

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I used to be able to connect to news servers from my XP box. A few months back, my news reader stopped working

I have since tried several different news reader clients connecting to various news servers...all resulting on timeouts when trying to connect

When I telnet to port 119 on a news server, I can connect, and I can get a list of groups, but if I type the command 'MODE READER', which is the command the news clients are trying to run when they connect, I never get a response in telnet...it eventually times out

I have a linksys router connecting to the net via DSL. On my internal network, I have the XP Pro box, and a WinMe box. The WinME box has no problem running the 'MODE READER' command via telnet going thru the same router

XP's firewall is disabled. I had Sygate Personal Firewall installed on XP, but uninstalled it, and still had the problem

I suspect this problem started occuring with a SP or patch from MS, but not sure.

IP traffic of all other types seems to run fine, and I can connect to servers via port 119, just not get a response to the 'MODE READER' command (even tho this test works fine from the WinME box)

Any ideas or other folks with this issue

 

[Guest]

I am having the sme problem and I am thinking it started after an automatic xp update loaded