[ale] ubuntu IMAP does't work, neither does wireless

[ale at pcartwright.com (Paul Cartwright)]

On 11/03/2010 06:07 PM, Brian Pitts wrote:
> > > now on to ubuntu... wireless doesn't work, couldn't connect to my
> > > router. so I installed wicd. tha always worked before. THis time,
> nada.
> > > says bad password. boot to XP, connects fine.
> Can you provide more info than "couldn't connect"? At what point does it
> fail?  Maybe there is some information in /var/log/daemon.log from when
> you were trying to connect via NetworkManager?
it tries 2 or 3 times and says bad password.
ssh also fails.. to connect
>
> > > I was trying to setup an IMAP account back to my desktop, but it also
> > > times out, no connection, as does ssh. ssh worked in windows, so I'm
> > > thinking iptables maybe? on my debian desktop, kern.log & messages
> both
> > > show an entry for my laptop where I tried to ssh, something about
> > > Inbound... SRC=my_ip, DST=debian IP.... so I'm not getting it..
> So you're trying to ssh from your Ubuntu 10.10 laptop to your Debian
> desktop and it doesn't work? Add the -v argument so ssh and see what it
> reports.
>
> What are your iptables rules in Debian? YOu say you see entries int he
> logs when you try to connect, but what have you told iptables to log?
> Allowed connections? Dropped connections? Something else?
>
> Do you have the same IP address when you boot Windows and when you boot
> Ubuntu on the laptop?
mmm not sure, it uses DHCP, but it is in the same range 192.168.10.3
up-to 8.
the log I saw the entries in ( on the debian box) was /var/log/messages
& /var/log/kern.log
ssh -v on ubuntu only says
 ssh: connect to host DEBIAN_IP on port 22: Connection timed out

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Paul


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