> When the OP is able to SSH between his machine and the remote, as per > TCP sequencing, the remote machine will send back information. So, the > question of routing between the remote machine and the local machine > shouldn't come because SSH already works from OP's machine to the > remote machine.
As in the case of IIT, they allow ssh to work in one direction only (from hostels to main servers) but not in the reverse direction (they have firewalls setup) which drop packets in the reverse direction. This should also be amply clear from the fact that the IP address is 172.16.*.* which is a collection of private IP addresses [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network]. That's why Chandan, you should try pinging first. Since you are hosting Linux on the first machine as well, I'm sure if the packet reaches that host, it will reply. Also try pinging the other way (from the machine where you can reach the other). SB --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Do you have another question? Click here - http://groups.google.com/group/iitdlug/post l...@iitd community mailing list -- http://groups.google.com/group/iitdlug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
