Help with connecting WinXP to RedHat Linux

Pardon me if I am asking in the wrong place. I am looking for help
connecting from my XP system to a Linux machine using ssh on a
home network. I have included below a little text diagram of my
network and a rundown of test I have performed to try and solve
this problem. I want to sit at my XP machine and do some PHP
programming on my Linux machine in another room. I would prefer
not to have to sit at the Linux machine as it's in an inconvenient
place. Any help would be appreciated.


The problem: Cannot connect from the XP machine
to the Linux machine using PuTTY ssh client.
Cannot view web pages served by the Linux machine
on either of the other systems.

My network topology:
(switching hub)
---------
{ internet }--> 192.168.1.1 <-+ |
(Linksys router) | |
| s |
192.168.1.100 <-+ w |
(Win98 SE) | i |
| t |
192.168.1.101 <-+ c |
(Win XP) | h |
| |
192.168.1.102 <-+ |
(Redhat Linux) ---------


Linksys router: Pingable from all other nodes.
Win98 SE: Pingable from all other nodes.
Win XP: Not pingable except from itself.
Redhat Linux: Pingable from all other nodes.


All systems get their IP addresses from the Linksys
router (DHCP server). All systems can access the
Internet and browse freely on the Web.

ssh connects from the Linux machine to itself. The
key downloads and login proceeds. The default page
for Apache httpd is visible from the Linux machine.

PuTTY on the WinXP machine cannot make a connection
to the Linux machine. It can make a connection to
another Linux machine over the Internet.

The default Apache web page is not visible from
either the Win XP machine or the Win 98 machine.

Thanks for your time.

Menhir wrote:
> Pardon me if I am asking in the wrong place. I am looking for help
> connecting from my XP system to a Linux machine using ssh on a
> home network. I have included below a little text diagram of my
> network and a rundown of test I have performed to try and solve
> this problem. I want to sit at my XP machine and do some PHP
> programming on my Linux machine in another room. I would prefer
> not to have to sit at the Linux machine as it's in an inconvenient
> place. Any help would be appreciated.

You don't say what version your rh linux is.

From a root shell, try

iptables -L

Is ssh allowed in from anywhere apart from localhost?

If not sure, you can temporarily disable the firewall with:

iptables -F

then try ssh. If this fixes it then you need some work on your iptables
firewalling.

Good luck.
>
>
> The problem: Cannot connect from the XP machine
> to the Linux machine using PuTTY ssh client.
> Cannot view web pages served by the Linux machine
> on either of the other systems.
>
> My network topology:
> (switching hub)
> ---------
> { internet }--> 192.168.1.1 <-+ |
> (Linksys router) | |
> | s |
> 192.168.1.100 <-+ w |
> (Win98 SE) | i |
> | t |
> 192.168.1.101 <-+ c |
> (Win XP) | h |
> | |
> 192.168.1.102 <-+ |
> (Redhat Linux) ---------
>
>
> Linksys router: Pingable from all other nodes.
> Win98 SE: Pingable from all other nodes.
> Win XP: Not pingable except from itself.
> Redhat Linux: Pingable from all other nodes.
>
>
> All systems get their IP addresses from the Linksys
> router (DHCP server). All systems can access the
> Internet and browse freely on the Web.
>
> ssh connects from the Linux machine to itself. The
> key downloads and login proceeds. The default page
> for Apache httpd is visible from the Linux machine.
>
> PuTTY on the WinXP machine cannot make a connection
> to the Linux machine. It can make a connection to
> another Linux machine over the Internet.
>
> The default Apache web page is not visible from
> either the Win XP machine or the Win 98 machine.
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
>
>
>

Thank you for the reply. I tried your suggestion and it failed to find the
file iptables (command not found). But that set me off poking around
and I found a GUI app that managed the firewall settings and I set ssh
as a trusted app. That immediately did the trick. I can now connect
using PuTTY, and I'm on my way. Thanks again for answering a newbie's
question

"Jack Knight" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newsm3Yd.2651$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Menhir wrote:
>> Pardon me if I am asking in the wrong place. I am looking for help
>> connecting from my XP system to a Linux machine using ssh on a
>> home network. I have included below a little text diagram of my
>> network and a rundown of test I have performed to try and solve
>> this problem. I want to sit at my XP machine and do some PHP
>> programming on my Linux machine in another room. I would prefer
>> not to have to sit at the Linux machine as it's in an inconvenient
>> place. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> You don't say what version your rh linux is.
>
> From a root shell, try
>
> iptables -L
>
> Is ssh allowed in from anywhere apart from localhost?
>
> If not sure, you can temporarily disable the firewall with:
>
> iptables -F
>
> then try ssh. If this fixes it then you need some work on your iptables
> firewalling.
>
> Good luck.
>>
>>
>> The problem: Cannot connect from the XP machine
>> to the Linux machine using PuTTY ssh client.
>> Cannot view web pages served by the Linux machine
>> on either of the other systems.
>>
>> My network topology:
>> (switching hub)
>> ---------
>> { internet }--> 192.168.1.1 <-+ |
>> (Linksys router) | |
>> | s |
>> 192.168.1.100 <-+ w |
>> (Win98 SE) | i |
>> | t |
>> 192.168.1.101 <-+ c |
>> (Win XP) | h |
>> | |
>> 192.168.1.102 <-+ |
>> (Redhat Linux) ---------
>>
>>
>> Linksys router: Pingable from all other nodes.
>> Win98 SE: Pingable from all other nodes.
>> Win XP: Not pingable except from itself.
>> Redhat Linux: Pingable from all other nodes.
>>
>>
>> All systems get their IP addresses from the Linksys
>> router (DHCP server). All systems can access the
>> Internet and browse freely on the Web.
>>
>> ssh connects from the Linux machine to itself. The
>> key downloads and login proceeds. The default page
>> for Apache httpd is visible from the Linux machine.
>>
>> PuTTY on the WinXP machine cannot make a connection
>> to the Linux machine. It can make a connection to
>> another Linux machine over the Internet.
>>
>> The default Apache web page is not visible from
>> either the Win XP machine or the Win 98 machine.
>>
>> Thanks for your time.
>>
>>
>>