cannot reach F16 box via ssh

[Timothy Davis]

On 01/11/2012 12:20 PM, Louis Lagendijk wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-01-11 at 13:32 +0100, M. Fioretti wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 07:16:12 AM -0500, John Aldrich wrote:
>>
>>> How is this box connected to the outside world? Have there been ANY
>>> networking changes wrt the internet connection?
>> But internet connectivity was and remains the same: ADSL modem,
>> attached to the PC via Ethernet. Every other service used by my friend
>> works (email, Web, ftp, streaming...)
>>
> So, do you use dhcp for allocation of the address from the ADSL modem?
> If so, check the firewall/forwarding rules on the modem for the routing
> of port 22....
>
>
You do realize that Ubuntu has the firewall turned off by default and 
Fedora it is enabled?
I realize I'm jumping in the middle here but always check the stupid 
stuff first.

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