From: Fleuriot Damien <m...@my.gd>
        To: me...@bristol.ac.uk
        Subject: Re: cannot ssh into a box with DHCP assigned IP address
        Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:31:22 +0100
        Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

        On Feb 20, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Anton Shterenlikht <me...@bristol.ac.uk> 
wrote:

        > I have a laptop with FreeBSD -current,
        > with ip address assigned via DHCP.
        > The laptop has neither a static ip address,
        > nor a domain.
        > 
        > I can ping the laptop fine, but cannot
        > ssh into it. The sshd is running, /etc/ssh/ssd_config
        > seems fine, /etc/hosts.allow is fine.
        > However, /etc/hosts is just the default:
        > 
        > #
        > ::1                     localhost localhost.my.domain
        > 127.0.0.1               localhost localhost.my.domain
        > #
        > 
        > Is it the lack of a domain that prevents
        > me from getting ssh access?
        > I try to ssh with just a dynamic ip address,
        > for which ping seems to work fine.
        > Or is the problem somewhere else?
        > 
        > I'm not even sure I'm asking the right
        > questions.
        > 
        > Thanks
        > 
        > Anton


        First, check what ports SSH listens on:
        sockstat | grep ssh

root@zzz:~ # sockstat | grep ssh
mexas    ssh        16193 3  tcp4   172.21.220.12:20541   137.222.187.241:22
root     sshd       1091  3  tcp6   *:22                  *:*
root     sshd       1091  4  tcp4   *:22                  *:*
root@zzz:~ #

I also see:

/var/log/auth.log:Feb 18 11:54:25 zzz sshd[1091]: Server listening on :: port 22
.
/var/log/auth.log:Feb 18 11:54:25 zzz sshd[1091]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 po
rt 22.

Is 0.0.0.0 expected?

Anything else I should check in the logs?


        Then, assuming SSH indeed listens on *:22 ,
         check if you have a firewall running that
         could be preventing packets from reaching your box.

I don't think so.
There's nothing in the kernel config

        By the way, do you get a login prompt at all,
         over SSH, or just a plain timeout or connection reset ?

Just a timeout:

root@zzz:~ # ifconfig wlan0
wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        ether 00:21:5c:50:68:c3
        inet 172.21.220.12 netmask 0xfffffc00 broadcast 255.255.255.255
        nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g
        status: associated
        ssid eduroam channel 1 (2412 MHz 11g) bssid 00:3a:98:62:cd:a0
        country US authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF
        AES-CCM 2:128-bit AES-CCM 3:128-bit txpower 14 bmiss 10 scanvalid 450
        bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5
        protmode CTS wme roaming MANUAL
root@zzz:~ #

TZAV> ping 172.21.220.12
PING 172.21.220.12 (172.21.220.12): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 172.21.220.12: icmp_seq=0 ttl=60 time=2.056 ms
64 bytes from 172.21.220.12: icmp_seq=1 ttl=60 time=1.766 ms
^C

TZAV> ssh 172.21.220.12
ssh: connect to host 172.21.220.12 port 22: Operation timed out
TZAV>

Thanks

Anton

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