Problem using ssh with Android phone

[Bruce Pieterse]

On Thu 03 Nov 2011 20:35:55 SAST, Bruce Pieterse wrote:
> 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?
>

You can also use nmap -PT22 <server_ip> to check if the port is open 
from outside the box.

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Best of luck,

Bruce