Can ping but can't do ssh

Question

I am able to ping my friend but not able to do ssh. Why so? He is using a modem. I thought there might be some firewall enabled. I told him to type

#iptables -F

He did that, but still I am not able to do ssh on his system. How can I do this?

I get the error: ssh: connect to host 182.64.31.131 port 22: Connection refused

RESULT OF ifconfig on his system

 inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
inet addr:192.168.1.2  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0

He told me his dynamic ip by using whatismyip.com

I tried ssh on that ip.

PS: sshd service is running on his system.
I tried nmap and came to know that port 22 is not opened.

Does he have an SSH daemon (sshd) running? Also, is he behind a router? If he is, you'll need port forwarding enabled on the router. — sbtkd85, Sep 13 '11 at 17:24
Are you sure that sshd is running on that machine? It is listening on all interfaces/addresses (ListenAddress)? Are there any entries in /etc/hosts.deny? There is a local address at the interface, so is port 22 forwarded to that machine? — pbm, Sep 13 '11 at 17:29

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 13 '11 at 17:58

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As @sbtkd85 notes, it's almost certainly because port forwarding needs to be set up at his router/access point.

Cheers, Robert

answered Sep 13 '11 at 17:58

rjp

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The hint that NAT is happening between his friend and The Internet is this: inet addr:192.168.1.2 The 192.168.x.x address is a "non-routable" IP address reserved for use inside intranets. – Sep 13 '11 at 19:30

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