connecting via ssh

[Tyler Littlefield]

what you may need to do is:
route add default gw <your gateway>
then ifconfig <interface, usually eth0> up <ip address>


Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Noblick" <brunobrook at columbus.rr.com>
To: "speakup info" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 8:50 PM
Subject: connecting via ssh


> This may be a very basic question but I haven't figured out how to get ssh 
> to connect with my linux box.
>
> I tried to get my ip address but the information I got seemed to be only 
> valid for the local machine.  I have a router to which all of my computers 
> are connected so I thought my addresses should be on a 192.168.1 
> subnetwork but the only addresses I saw were on a 127.0 subnetwork.
>
> I used to know how to get this information for my windows box but I have 
> recycled a large number of brain cells since then and don't even remember 
> how to do that right now.  Would I be able to just use a hostname? As a 
> footnote, I have given hostnames of trashcan, paperweight and boatanchor 
> to my computers.  So what I am trying to do is connect my paperweight to 
> my trashcan, grin.
>
> As mentioned in the discussions earlier, I found a teraterm program and 
> thought I was telling it the right stuff but the closest I got was a 
> "connection refused" message from one address.  All other guesses timed 
> out.
>
> Thanks much.
>
> Bruce Noblick
>
>
>
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