Unable to ssh nodes with global IP

[Ed Greshko]

On 10/22/2011 08:17 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> On 10/22/2011 04:31 AM, Abu Attar Musharih wrote:
> > Dear List,
>
> > My internet connection is via mobile broadband. The ifconfig  lists
> > the ppp0 with IP address,
>
>
> > ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
> >           inet addr:120.165.xx.xxx  P-t-P:10.64.64.64 
> Mask:255.255.255.255
> >           UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> >           RX packets:5239 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >           TX packets:6371 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> >           collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
> >           RX bytes:3867747 (3.6 MiB)  TX bytes:1020544 (996.6 KiB)
>
> > I tried to remote login (using ssh) to this IP address from another
> > machine but failed.
>
> > The following message appears,
>
> > ssh: connect to host 120.166.xx.xxx port 22: Connection timed out
>
>
> > Editing  /etc/sysconfig/iptables and add --dport 22 -j Accept does
> not help.
>
> > Could any one please provide some suggestions?
>
> > Thanks in advance,
> >  AA
> Dumb question 1: Did you reload iptables after making the changes?
>
> Dumb question 2: Is sshd running on the machine you are trying to
> connect to?
>
>

Dumb question 3:  Above one sees...   inet addr:120.165.xx.xxx

And then one sees...   ssh: connect to host 120.166.xx.xxx

Does anyone see a difference between 165 and 166?

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