I created the rule and when I went to verify it worked I had to verify the key. I then modified one of the rules in ufw and that broke things so I deleted it and recreated it. When I went to test it to verify it worked again the key had changed again (like it was a new ip) and I had to verify I wanted to connect to it. Why? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > 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 >> > >