Re: [gentoo-user] ssh problem

[dhk <dhkuhl@optonline.net>]

On 02/24/2011 08:08 PM, dhk wrote:
> On 02/24/2011 06:30 PM, Mick wrote:
>> On Thursday 24 February 2011 21:51:56 dhk wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, but I've tried that.  ssh'ing to the hostname and loopback
>>> address work.  However, when I go out to the WAN it doesn't.  So I can't
>>> ssh user@123.123.123.123 even though I have port 22 open on the switch
>>> for my ip.
>>
>> Just to state the obvious, have your tried something like:
>>
>> $ nc -v -z 123.123.123.123 22
>> 123.123.123.123 (ssh) open
>>
>> from a WAN client to make sure that the port is open?
> 
> I don't have the nc comand.  What package is it in?
> 
> 

The nc command does nothing when run from the same host I'm trying to
ssh in to.  I'm not sure what that means other than it can't make a
connection.  With the -w option I get:

# nc -w 3 -v -z 123.123.123.123 22
ool-43505ef2.dyn.optonline.net [123.123.123.123] 22 (ssh) : Connection
timed out