Problem using ssh with Android phone

[Bruce Pieterse]

On Thu 03 Nov 2011 18:51:27 SAST, Knute Johnson wrote:
> On 11/3/2011 9:40 AM, Marius Gedminas wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 07:52:00AM -0700, Knute Johnson wrote:
>>> On 11/3/2011 2:30 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>>>> On 3 November 2011 04:37, Knute Johnson<ubuntu at knutejohnson.com> 
>>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>> Can you connect to your ssh server through the internet from 
>>>> another pc?
>>>>
>>>> Colin
>>>>
>>>
>>> I haven't been able to get anywhere else to try it. I know it
>>> worked in the past but I had to re-build my server last month
>>> because of a failed power supply and it doesn't work any more.
>>
>> Could it be that you replaced the motherboard? And you're using builtin
>> Ethernet, so the MAC address changed? And the router used to assign a
>> static IP to your server according to the old MAC, but now doesn't do
>> that because the MAC is different? And the router had port-forwarding
>> configured to forward port 22 to the old static IP, which is no longer
>> used by the new server?
>>
>> I would check the router configuration if I were you.
>>
>> Marius Gedminas
>>
>>
>>
>
> No it is all fixed IP.
>

Knute,

I use connectBot for android to login remotely. Is the port open the 
box?

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Best of luck,

Bruce