they are on the same subnet and as to the the firewall they are distributed by my wireless router so I guess they go through a firewall in that. I never started iptables but I did start ufw...... I added a rule and that fixed it! Thanks for the help. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Bryan O'Neal < Bryan.ONeal@theonealandassociates.com> wrote: > Are you running iptables? Are the computers on the same subnet or are the > going through an external firewall? > On Jul 1, 2014 6:32 PM, "Michael Havens" wrote: > >> discoveries: >> Computer A >> 1- it will ping Computer B >> 2- It will telnet to Computer B >> 3- it will scp to Computer B if I use Host name rather than IP address >> computer B >> 1- it will ping computer A >> 2- it will not telnet to Computer A >> 3- it will not scp to computer A using ipaddress or host name >> 4- discovered ssh service not enabled- ran 'sudo service ssh start' >> 5- still get a 'connection timed out' error >> (I don't see why it would be listening on another port as I didn't >> configure it to listen on another port >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Dennis Kibbe >> wrote: >> >>> Michael Havens writes: >>> >>> > Sorry enrique.... that was the quickest way I figured to describe it. >>> > push = file user@ipadd:file >>> > pull = computer <- user@ipadd:file >>> > >>> > as for the server not running I could do it the other day..... now >>> that is >>> > weird! I mapped the IP address to a name in my router and it doesn't >>> > recognize the IP address any longer. Cool! That is another way to make >>> your >>> > network more secure! >>> > >>> > :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> > >>> > On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 2:59 PM, wrote: >>> > >>> >> Michael, don't be creative with the description of your problems, >>> please >>> >> translate: >>> >> >>> >>> push a file to another computer >>> >>> pull that file >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> The error: >>> >> >>> >>> 'connection timed out' >>> >>> >>> >> regularly means (assuming that both boxes can ping each-other) that >>> the >>> >> SSH server is not running. >>> >> ET >>> >> >>> >> Michael Havens writes: >>> >> >>> >>> When I try to push a file to another computer it says 'connection >>> timed >>> >>> out'. and when I try to pull that file it says that I entered the >>> wrong >>> >>> password. >>> >>> What's wrong with this picture? >>> >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> >>> Mike, >>> >>> Try some basic network troubleshooting. >>> >>> $ ping -c4 "ip add of server" >>> >>> Do you get a response? If yes, then >>> >>> $ telnet "ip add of server" 22 >>> >>> Is SSH listening on port 22? >>> >>> If not, then you need to figure out why. Is the service not running? >>> Is SSH listening on another port? >>> >>> Let us know what you discover. >>> >>> Dennisk >>> >>> -- >>> 27 Years 1987-2014 >>> SDF Free Public Access UNIX System >>> http://www.sdf.org >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >