>>>>> "James" == James Cizek <jcizek at yuma.acns.ColoState.EDU> writes: James> The machine is still refusing connections on that new port. James> [...] Am I missing something? Make sure you're not running a firewall. I don't remember which firewall is available on RHEL, but one of these two commands should tell you if one is running: ipchains -L iptables -L t.