Hi,

I imagine I'm missing something quite simple, and I apologize in advance if this is already posted (I can't find it).

I'm using Knoppix as my linux distribution, and outgoing internet services work, but i can't ping or ssh to my computer.

i've tried setting Firewall to Active or Inactive under the knoppix/services/knoppix firewall tab. i've tried playing with the firewall settings to have the ssh, ping, etc. ports open. i've tried to manually setup the Network card configuration since i have a static ip -- i've manually entered in the IP address (X.X.X.X), the network mask (255.255.0.0), the broadcast address (X.X.255.255), a default gateway (X.X.65.1) and some nameservers (which appear to be working). I've tried /sbin/iptables -F to clear iptables, and have tried to delete the hosts.allow and hosts.deny files.

any other ideas?

thanks,
vikaas