try telnet 192.168.1.68 22

if you get some prompts then the port is working, if not it's probably being blocked.

check your firewall settings.

From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Lisa Kachold
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 12:27 PM
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: scp times out

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Matt Graham <danceswithcrows@usa.net> wrote:

From: Alex Dean <alex@crackpot.org>

> On Oct 23, 2009, at 12:59 PM, Josef Lowder wrote:
>> $ scp filename joe@192.168.1.68:/home/joe/filecopy

>> ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.68 port 22: Connection timed out

>> /sbin/ifconfig shows 192.168.1.68 as the inet address.

> This will give you more info about what's going on...
> scp -v filename joe@192.168.1.68:/home/joe/filecopy

0) Verify default route is in place: netstat -rn (UG should be gateway)
1) Ensure ssh is on on the target machine.
2) Verify ports are open: nmap $target (to ensure iptables are not limiting ssh access by source/destination or mac address, port knocking)
3) Verify MTU issues if you are in a remote connection or VPN.
4) Travel to the machine and verify it's turned on (laugh), ethernet up, ssh on!

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