Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:31:22 +0100 From: Fleuriot Damien <ml@my.gd> To: mexas@bristol.ac.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cannot ssh into a box with DHCP assigned IP address Message-ID: <96231D6F-D725-46F8-A9EC-23DBD7FC523E@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <201302200928.r1K9S64p029471@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <201302200928.r1K9S64p029471@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On Feb 20, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> = wrote: > I have a laptop with FreeBSD -current, > with ip address assigned via DHCP. > The laptop has neither a static ip address, > nor a domain. >=20 > I can ping the laptop fine, but cannot > ssh into it. The sshd is running, /etc/ssh/ssd_config > seems fine, /etc/hosts.allow is fine. > However, /etc/hosts is just the default: >=20 > # > ::1 localhost localhost.my.domain > 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain > # >=20 > Is it the lack of a domain that prevents > me from getting ssh access? > I try to ssh with just a dynamic ip address, > for which ping seems to work fine. > Or is the problem somewhere else? >=20 > I'm not even sure I'm asking the right > questions. >=20 > Thanks >=20 > Anton First, check what ports SSH listens on: sockstat | grep ssh Then, assuming SSH indeed listens on *:22 , check if you have a firewall = running that could be preventing packets from reaching your box. By the way, do you get a login prompt at all, over SSH, or just a plain = timeout or connection reset ?
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