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Cannot SSH to my linux VM

HI there,

I bought one Dedicated Server from Webhosting provider. They Installed VMware Esxi for me.

They given me 5 ip's

x.x.x.131

x.x.x.132

x.x.x.133

x.x.x.134

x.x.x.135

1) x.x.x.131 is an ip adress of my vmware Esxi Server

2) I created 1 VM and Installed CentOS 5.3, While Installing I have given ip adress as x.x.x.132 and required Default Gateway ..etc.

I tried connecting through Putty to x.x.x.132. But not connecting.

what might be the problem? Please assist me

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sjadapa
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did you disable firewall on the linux vm.

user the following command to disable firewall in linux vm

  1. service iptables stop

You can permanently stop the service

  1. chkconfig --level 35 iptables off

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sjadapa
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did you disable firewall on the linux vm.

user the following command to disable firewall in linux vm

  1. service iptables stop

You can permanently stop the service

  1. chkconfig --level 35 iptables off

****If you find this or any other answer useful please consider awarding points by marking the answer CORRECT or HELPFUL ****

****If you find this or any other answer useful please consider awarding points by marking the answer CORRECT or HELPFUL **** Shankar Jadapa (RHCE, MCSA, VCP 5 ) http://linuxgurus.wordpress.com
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Do the following check list.

  • Self ping your IP address

  • ping the gateway IP ( if it doesn't ping, correct the gateway IP address

  • check firewall status ( disable firewall )

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