Okay Enrique, Lisa wants me to issue some commands on the host machine. Is this okay to do? On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 7:28 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > # sudo update-rc.d ssh defaults > > enter > # sudo iptables-save > You are looking to see if your iptables is up and configured to firewall > ssh. Dump the response in here. > >> > Says your system is updated, if it runs? Correct? <------------ Correct >> > >>>> Check your /etc/nsswitch.conf file to be sure it has >>>> >>> "hosts: files dns" > > Reference: http://www.faqs.org/docs/securing/chap6sec71.html > > Then ping each server before trying to reconnect with ssh. > > I am pretty sure that this will work now that you have them both on the same network. > > Be sure you don't have any iptables running denying your port 22 on both servers! > > > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: