andre wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:10:34 -0400, doug <
dougrb@...> wrote:
>
>> I have two machines on a simple domestic network, connected to two
>> ports of a router supplied by O2 (or alternatively, to one port on
>> the O2 router through an attached Belkin switch with two ports - it
>> makes no difference).
>> Both run 2008.1, with AFAICT identical /etc/shorewall and /etc/services.
>> Network addresses are set by DHCP but fixed:
>> machine 1 is 192.168.1.64
>> machine 2 is 192.168.1.65
>> router is 192.158.1.254
>>
>> I can freely ssh to and rsync to and from machine 1 to machine 2.
>> But everything, including pinging, fails from machine 2 to machine 1.
>>
>> This is a real nuisance when I want to access the printer on machine
>> 1 from machine 2.
>>
>>
>> Where should I be looking for differences in the way 1 and 2 are set up?
>>
>>
>> Doug
>>
>
> Check the firewall on machine 1. Disable it if you don't need it and
> you trust every machine on your LAN, since you're on a NAT'd network
> anyways. Otherwise open the ports you need for ssh (usually 22) and
> rsync (don't know that port off the top of my head).
Many thanks - I removed the firewall on 1 and all is well.
Apologies it was such a noob question!
Doug
