I have two computers. Cable modem. Router. Everything connects to internet fine. Now I am trying to get them to talk to each other, well at least be able to pluck files from one to other. I have assured ssh running on both machines. I have been trying ssh [email protected]everforwhichevermachine. Likewise tried sftp and fish:// in konqueror. I am never rewarded with a password request. Just times out.

I use guarddog as frontend to configure iptables. There is no sftp protocol that I can find (yes, I am blind practically) where am I going wrong? It seems like it is blocked but I don't where to unblock it.

Help appreciated - I just want to be able to stop running up and down stairs with disks. Thanks much