okay, netsstat on the server prints out a lot of data. The first section says: Active Internet connections (w/o servers) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State tcp 0 0 192.168.0.4:38521 lax17s01-in-f21.1:https ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 192.168.0.4:36523 lax17s01-in-f4.1e:https ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 localhost:45886 localhost:53919 ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 localhost:ssh localhost:56545 ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 localhost:44799 localhost:53919 ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 localhost:47157 localhost:53919 ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 localhost:53919 localhost:44799 ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 localhost:53919 localhost:47157 ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 localhost:56545 localhost:ssh ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 localhost:53919 localhost:45886 ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 192.168.0.4:37884 lax17s01-in-f0.1e:https ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 192.168.0.4:45304 lax17s01-in-f5.1e:https ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 192.168.0.4:36525 lax17s01-in-f4.1e:https ESTABLISHED tcp6 1 0 ip6-localhost:53614 ip6-localhost:ipp CLOSE_WAIT while the second section says: Active UNIX domain sockets (w/o servers) Proto RefCnt Flags Type State I-Node Path unix 18 [ ] DGRAM 11578 /dev/log unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 10914 /var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlan0 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 343530 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 198728 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 198167 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 198683 ---edit out a lot of stuff-- while on the remote system netstat prints 7 lines that is basically the second section (above). I'm not sure how to run sshin debug mode but the man page implies to run it with the verbose flag: :~$ ssh -v mike@192.168.1.101 OpenSSH_6.6.1, OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for * debug1: Connecting to 192.168.1.101 [192.168.1.101] port 22. debug1: connect to address 192.168.1.101 port 22: Connection timed out ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.101 port 22: Connection timed out bmike1@CQ57-1:~$ ssh -vv mike@192.168.1.101 OpenSSH_6.6.1, OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for * debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0 debug1: Connecting to 192.168.1.101 [192.168.1.101] port 22. debug1: connect to address 192.168.1.101 port 22: Connection timed out ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.101 port 22: Connection timed out :~$ ps -aef | grep sshd root 1308 1 0 Jul15 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/sshd -D bmike1 19566 4242 0 11:53 pts/2 00:00:00 grep --colour=auto sshd it doesn't seem ssh failed at any point. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 12:33 AM, James Mcphee wrote: > Verify openssh is enabled on the server with netstat. Verify you can > connect to port 22 from client to server. Run ssh in debug mode to see > messages. When you hit a point that it fails, then you have a better idea > of what's wrong. > > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 9:54 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> okay, so I bought a used computer to do Linux from scratch on. Well, I'm >> going to ssh from my primary computer to the new computer but got a >> 'Connection timed out' error. After googling for a bit I discovered ufw was >> to blame. >> >> after I disabled the firewall I could ssh from 192.168.1.101 >> to 192.168.0.4 >> >> the error I got going the other way was the connection timed out error: >> >> ssh mike@192.168.1.101 >> ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.101 port 22: Connection timed out >> >> After googling some more I thought perhaps openssh-server wasn't >> installed... but it is. So please.... what is the problem? I verifed >> openssh-client is installed but I don't know what it could be. Could you >> help me out? >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > > -- > James McPhee > jmcphe@gmail.com > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 >