[Discuss] 'nother question

[matt at mattshields.org (Matt Shields)]

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:07 PM, Tom Metro <tmetro+blu at gmail.com> wrote:

> Matt Shields wrote:
> > On the client, try "nmap -sT serverIP" to see if your client
> > can see port 22 open.
>
> FYI, you can test SSH connectivity more simply like:
>
> % telnet ssh-server 22
> Trying 192.168.0.123...
> Connected to ssh-server.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_...
>
> Then hit the escape character and type 'cl' and enter to exit.
>
> It's a nice simple sanity test that can be ran from just about any client.
>
>  -Tom
>
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True, there are lots of different ways to test like using netcat (nc
serverip 22).  Just trying to show options.  nmap, tcpdump, netstat are
some good tools for people to know.


Matthew Shields
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