Unable to ssh nodes with global IP

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

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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?

Mikkel
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