ssh - cannot log in

[Steve Searle]

Around 10:21pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 (UK time), David Katz scrawled:

> Thanks, I do understand that there is an internal and an external
> address. I want to force my workstation to have the internal address
> 192.168.1.140 so that my router will forward port 22 to the right
> machine - it's set up to do that so that my windows stuff works.  Can
> I make Fedora assign a specific internal address? Because interally
> I'm not always at 192.168.1.2; it seems to depend on which machine
> logs in first.

Run system-config-network, and change your nic to use a hard coded IP
address, rather than obtaining one through DHCP.  Make sure you don't
use one that is in the range issued byt your DHCP server (which is
probably your router).

Just to be clear, can you answer the following questions.

1.  Are you trying to ssh in from a machine on your local network, or
via the Internet?

2.  Do you know if your ISP gives you a static external IP address, and
if so, do you know what it is?

3.  Does your router connect to your workstation by a network cable into
the network card, or via a USB connection?

I will be offline in an hout for the next couple of days, but others
here can probably help if you still need it.

Steve

PS.  When posting to this list, You would be better posting any replies
to emails below the original email when you reply, or embedded within
the body of the original email - not above it, which is top posting and
more difficult to follow.

-- 

A:  Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q:  Why is top-posting a bad thing?

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