On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:04:48 +0000
Sean Gibbins <sean@???> wrote:
> Hugo Mills wrote:
> > Out of interest, what do you get from running "sudo arp -n" on
> > each machine? It's possible that there's something else on the
> > network with the same IP address.
>
> Another possibility is that the ssh service has simply hung or has
> not come up properly after a reboot.
>
> Once you have eliminated the possible issues Hugo has outlined you
> are pretty much at the point where you need to reboot and investigate
> with a screen attached, if the reboot doesn't bring the ssh service
> up and allow you in that way.
I am working landing with screen and keyboard attached temporarily to
make it easier to play around with it,
I have restarted sshd with /etc/init.d/ssh restart on both systems,
it was one of the first things I'd tried.
--
John Lewis
using Debian sid