Unable to change sshd port

[Craig White]

On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 19:24 -0700, keith smith wrote:
> 
> Hi PLUG,
> 
> I'm messing with SSHD and want to change the port.  According to
> everything I read it is as easy as uncommenting the Port
> in /rtc/sshd_config and setting it to whatever I want.  I tried 2200
> and 8888.  Either worked.  I did restart the SSHD.  I even rebooted
> the server.
> 
> I'm running Fedora 5 on a private IP and connecting with Putty.  I can
> connect using putty on port 22 if SSHD is in original state.
> 
> When I change the Port I get a message from Putty saying "Network
> Error : No Route to Host".
> 
> Any help much appreciated.
> ----
> are you changing /etc/ssh/sshd_config?
> 
> Firewall? Did you open port in firewall?
> 
> Craig
>