Re: Bizarre SSH problem. Ready to cry. Or yell "bug".

From: Cameron Kerr (cameron.kerr_at_paradise.net.nz)
Date: 05/27/04 

Date: 27 May 2004 20:10:20 +1200

In comp.os.linux.networking mrbog <dterrors@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Before you ask any questions, ask yourself "but why can he ssh from
> the win2k box" that negates most questions, hence the "ready to cry"
> bit.

Hmm, for a case such as this, I might think that the network
configuration is incorrect in some way (perhaps a netmask is wrong
somewhere), but since you can ping successfully, that would indicate
that routing is correct and working normally.

I would suggest breaking out tcpdump on the client AND server machine,
and seeing what it's doing on the network.

Are you using DNS at all internally?

What happens when you down the firewall on both machines?

    iptables -F
    iptables -X

Does the behaivour disapper when you substitute one end for something
such as Knoppix?

Have you double-checked that each of the linux machines have a different
IP address? (yes, I know you can ping them, but can you be sure of what
you're pinging?) 

-- 
Cameron Kerr
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