[RndTbl] trying to set up ssh at home

Hi folks!

My new understanding of networking is coming along, but still a little shaky. I have been trying to set up ssh to work on my home machine because I want to practice Linux stuff and access my PC if I happen to be away from home on the weekends.

I've installed OpenSSH with success, and from my local machine I can "ssh localhost" with success (127.0.0.1 works too, of course)

The problem is I am trying ssh (my ip) and I get "Connection refused".

This happens both from my parents' machine (in another town - Go Mom for downloading and running putty), and from my own (that ssh is running on).

I suspect the problem has to do with my router, either regarding my rather prudent settings (LAN connection must be authenticated, *and* have a whitelisted MAC address), or more likely, I am missing something in setup to allow incoming connections that get forwarded to my specific machine. This is where my understanding falls apart at the moment... help?

I've got a linksys/cisco wrt120n local IP 192.168.1.100 local router IP 192.168.1.1

internet IP in the 24.something range :)

Let me know if more info is required.

Thanks!

------------------------------------------------------------ Katherine Scrupa Network Technology CCNA student, RRC