On Sun, 2009-09-27 at 11:33 -0400, Erik Hemdal wrote: > . > > Message: 2 > > Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:23:17 -0300 > > From: Germ?n Racca <german.racca@xxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: I can't connect via ssh > > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using > > Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Message-ID: <1253996597.1845.16.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > On Sat, 2009-09-26 at 15:30 -0400, Erik Hemdal wrote: > >> > >> > From: Germ?n Racca <german.racca@xxxxxxxxx> > >> > Subject: Re: I can't connect via ssh > >> > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using > >> > Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> > Message-ID: <1253925734.7784.27.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > Hi Erik, > > > > Thanks for your clarifying message! Now I discovered the following: > > > > I can ping and connect via ssh from other computer to my notebook, but > > *I can't from other computer to my PC*. The messages, from other > > computer to my PC are: > > > > $ ssh xx.xx.xx.xx > > ssh: connect to host xx.xx.xx.xx port 22: No route to host > > > > OK, so what can we learn from this? > > Your notebook has a working configuration of the SSH server and it can be > found on the network. > Your "other computer" probably has a good configuration of the SSH client. > > If you end up with SSH troubles, knowing which systems have known-good > setups can be very important. But from what you've told me, I don't yet > suspect SSH is the problem, there's something else. You aren't even > reaching SSH on the computer you want to get to. > > > $ ping xx.xx.xx.xx > >>From xx.xx.xx.xx icmp_seq=11 Destination Host Unreachable > > So if I understand things, there are three computers here: The "PC", which > is the computer you're trying to access, let's call that "Alpha", another > computer, let's call it "Baker", and your notebook, let's call it "Charlie". > > Baker can "ssh into" Charlie. But neither Baker nor Charlie can ssh into > Alpha. And Alpha is the one you really need to reach. Further,you can't > even ping Alpha, you get the "no route to host" errors. Since you get them > from two different computers, Baker and Charlie, I'm more suspicious that > something on Alpha is the problem, or something on the network (the common > link) is wrong. > > If I were there, I would check a few things. I'd log on to Alpha and see > what I can do FROM that computer. Can you browse the Web, ping other > computers, and so forth? That might tell us a lot. For example, if the > network cable on that computer is loose or broken, you'd see these problems. > > Then, I'd try to look at the equipment itself: What is the computer > connected to on the network? For example, it might go into a network box > right there in the room, or it might just go into the wall. If the first > case is true, then you can check the network connections that are there. If > the network cable goes into the wall, you probably need to talk to the > network admins for help. When other posters were asking about your physical > setup, this is what they were asking about. > > If you can reboot Alpha, or at least restart its network service, you might > cure the problem too. But you need to know if Alpha is working right first; > don't just turn it off if you don't have to. > > Erik Hi all: After the administrator of the network changing the connection of my PC in the switcher, I can ping and connect via ssh from my PC to my notebook and vice versa. Thanks to all that helped me with this issue, I learned a bit more about this. Cheers & abrazos, Germán -- Germán A. Racca National Institute for Space Research (INPE) São José dos Campos - SP - Brasil http://gracca.wordpress.com http://tinyurl.com/SkyTux -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines