Ubuntu – Cannot connect remotely using ssh

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I have recently installed an ubuntu 16.04. I have installed ssh server and the sshd service is up and running.

I have some other PCs in the same network (windows, mac, ubuntu 14.06) and I can ping the ubuntu pc from all of them, but I cannot connect using ssh from any.

For example, using putty from windows I get a "Network error: Connection Timed out".

Locally I can connect using ssh with the IP.

Any idea of what could be happening?

Thank you in advance for your help!!

Gonzalo.

Best Answer

Instead of turning off your firewall completely, you could instead configure UFW to allow your SSH traffic: sudo ufw allow ssh or if you decide to run SSH on a different port: sudo ufw allow 2222/tcp

UFW by default will deny all incoming connections and allow all outgoing connections. You can find more information on how to configure UFW here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UFW

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