[ale] what am I missing

[Matt Rideout]

Geoffrey wrote, On 10/26/2009 03:56 PM:
> Matt Rideout wrote:
>   
>> Geoffrey wrote, On 10/26/2009 03:13 PM:
>>     
>>> Jim Kinney wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> run ssh -v to get more data fromthe ssh client end.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Yeah, tried that, wasn't much help:
>>>
>>> ssh  -v 192.168.1.72
>>> OpenSSH_4.3p2, OpenSSL 0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 01 Jul 2008
>>> debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
>>> debug1: Applying options for *
>>> debug1: Connecting to 192.168.1.72 [192.168.1.72] port 22.
>>> debug1: connect to address 192.168.1.72 port 22: Connection timed out
>>> ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.72 port 22: Connection timed out
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> On laptop check var/log/secure
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> There's a /var/log/security.log, no help there.  There's also a 
>>> /var/log/security/ directory.  No help there either.
>>>
>>> This is so weird as my primary box is the same distro, never encountered 
>>> this issue.
>>>   
>>>       
>> See if the laptop can SSH to itself @ 192.168.1.72. If not, try 127.0.0.1.
>>     
>
> Can ssh from laptop to both.  Seems it only wants to play with itself.... ;(
>   

Next I would verify that the boxes can ping each other, then break out 
tcpdump.