I checked with my ISP and the lady said they didn't block port 22. But then again she did seem kinda clueless. Turns out qwest outsources to the Phillipines :( Do I need to be outside my home network for this to work using the IP address specified by my ISP? On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Ryan Rix wrote: > On Mon November 17 2008 07:44:11 pm Mike Hoy wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I just set up ssh server on this computer and was able to connect like >> this: >> >> ssh localhost >> >> and from my laptop connected to the same router like this >> >> ssh username@192.168.1.100 >> >> Now I take it that I'm going to need my real ip address so I tried >> that and I got >> >> ssh: connect to host IP_ADDRESS port 22: Connection refused >> >> I thought it may have something to do with my router so I forwarded >> port 22 to this machine and same error. Any thoughts as to what's >> going on? I need to be able to connect to this machine from work >> tomorrow. > > Hi MIke, > > There are two problems most likely, imo... DHCP is giving you a new ip address > (either on the router or your ISP) or that our ISP simply does not allow you > to connect to port 22... This is common on port 80 but i am not so sure on > 22. > > try doing a traceroute on it, and when the trace dies, do an nslookup on that > site and see if that's one of your ISP's then call them up and bitch em out. > > if you think it may be a dhcp problem try a dynamic dns service like > dyndns.org (I use it quite wonderfully, with a package called ddclient in > debian apt) If you don't have a domain name on your system this will provide > you with a free *.dyndns.org domain name, which again, quite nice > > If these don't work for you, someone else will help :) > > ~Ryan > > > -- > Thanks and best regards, > Ryan Rix > TamsPalm - The PalmOS Blog > > I begin to wonder if randomized sigs really accomplish anything. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Mike Hoy --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss