Problem using ssh with Android phone
Knute Johnson
ubuntu at knutejohnson.com
Thu Nov 3 14:54:30 UTC 2011
On 11/3/2011 1:59 AM, Avi Greenbury wrote:
> Knute Johnson wrote:
>
>> I'm having a problem connecting to my ssh server via my Android phone
>> when using the phone's 3G network. It works fine if I connect from
>> my wireless network in the house. I'm running 11.04 server and port
>> 22 is open to the world. I've tried Firebind on my phone and it says
>> the phone network isn't blocking port 22. Any ideas where to look?
>
> Which SSH client are you using, and what happens when you try to
> connect? Does it just never connect, or produce an error message?
>
> It does sound a lot like the problem is your mobile network, though.
>
The SSH client is ConnectBot and it worked until I rebuilt my server
last month. It works fine if I'm on my wireless network.
It does sound like the phone network is blocking the port but I tried
Firebind which is an Android app that is supposed to check both ways for
port blocking.
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Knute Johnson
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