Re: [Hampshire] Find thrashing my box - is there anything I …

On Thursday 26 Jul 2007 15:40, Vic wrote:
> > [root@Tux:/home/lisi]# ssh lisi@192.168.0.4
> > ssh: connect to host 192.168.0.4 port 22: No route to host
> >
> > :-(
>
> You've got a firewall running, and it's not letting port 22 through.
>
> > There's something very fundamental that I haven't grasped about local
> > networks, and I can't identify what it is, so I can't ask questions about
> > it.
>
> My suspicion is that your problem is not in the network, but in the hosts
> that connect to it. Linux boxen are typically nailed down tight when you
> install them, and you have to allow things to happen with explicit
> commands.
>
> > I have also never seen it done, which makes my ignorance even more
> > profound.
>
> As Sean said, there really isn't anything to it :-
>
> [vic@goliath ~]$ ssh wbelupda@???
> wbelupda@???'s password:
> Last login: Mon Jul 16 19:53:08 2007 from beer.org.uk
> wbelupda@server135 [~]#
>
> (I could also have used "ssh -l wbelupda wbelupdates.org" there).
>
> > The only network I have ever succeeded in communicating across is the
> > internet. Oh - and telnet to a router.
>
> ssh is basically just like telnet - except that the communications are
> encrypted. There are lots of other things it does as well - but don't
> worry about them for now.
>
> > So, like I said - I would be very grateful if some kind person were to
> > show me
> > this at the next LUG meeting. It would be a great help if I even knew
> > what I
> > was trying to copy.
>
> If I'm there, I'll show you round it. But it'll be a two-minute demo...

Thanks Vic, that would be great - and I'll try to sort it out myself in
advance of that!

> > Incidentally, both computers are connected to my router and through that
> > to the internet.
>
> ...So we know the networking is just fine. But you haven't got a way to
> get to port 22 on 192.168.0.4. I'd look at the firewall setup on that box
> first.

Thanks - I will. Tho' it may give rise to more questions. :-(

Lisi