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macn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Either your Windows firewall is blocking port 22, or your router or firew=
>all
>> upstream of your Windows machine is blocking it. Can you ssh to somethin=
>g
>> else on your local network successfully?
>
>Thanks for the pointer. I have tried but failed to SSH to an instance of XA=
>MPP in a VirtualBox machine running Ubuntu. I tried first from the host mac=
>hine and then from a LAN connected machine. No joy the same error I then tr=
>ied switching off the windows defender firewall on both the host machine an=
>d the LAN connected machine with the same results.
>
>How do I check the routers I have? One acts as a cable modem and the other =
>a downstream router for all my machines locally. I cannot see any way to ch=
>eck them. How do I check the ISP (which seems unlikely as I cannot SSH loca=
>lly).?
If you can't ssh to a local virtual machine, it's on your machine and not
the outside world. Disable the windows firewall temporarily and see what
happens.