Ok, the -v switch seemed to move the ball forward.  Maybe this will help
some:

with sshd on port 22 or 2200, this is what happens:

knoppix@tty0[knoppix] ssh -v root@192.168.0.94
OpenSSH_3.4_p1 Debian 1:3.4p1-4, SSH protocols 1.5.2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090607f
debub1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: Applying options for *
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 37: Deprecated option "FallBackToRsh"
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 38: Deprecated option "UseRsh"
debug1: Rhosts Authentication disabled, originating port will not be
trusted.
debug1: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to 192.168.0.94 [192.168.0.94] port 22
debug1: connection established.
debug1: identity file /home/knoppix.ssh/identity type -1
debug1: identity file /home/knoppix.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: identity file /home/knoppix.ssh/id_dsa type -1
ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
debug1: Calling cleanup 0x8063a9c (0x0)





> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Jeremy
> C. Reed
> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 4:07 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: RE: sshd basics
>
>
> On Mon, 5 May 2003, eric wrote:
>
> > > When you attempt to connect you should get a lot more
> reporting. I assume
> > > that your problem is routing and not ssh related.
> >
> > Ok...that's all I got.
>
> Probably a routing problem. sshd would tell you when the connection is
> attempted.
>
> > > And what does "ssh -v" tell you?
> >
> > it gives me a list of switches to use, that's it.
>
> ssh -v -p 2200 user@host.name
>
> > > Checking your routing. Try ping, traceroute and other tools (and
> > > protocols).
> > >
> > > Can you get to the server at all?
> >
> >
> > I can ssh from the machine to the real world.  I can ping the
> machine from
> > another host. I can traceroute from the machine.  I can use
> lynx from the
> > machine. ????????????
>
> Can you ping and traceroute the machine from that host you are trying to
> do the ssh connection from?
>
> Can you lynx to that machine (if it has a http service)?
>
> Most likely this is not a ssh problem.
>
> Also make sure you don't have any packet filtering anywhere that is
> stopping this.
>
>    Jeremy C. Reed
>    http://bsd.reedmedia.net/
>
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