Not able to SSH to Opensuse 11.2 Box

[smoothace101]

I am able to ping open Suse box but I and not able to ssh to it, i get error
Failed to connect to 65.XXXXXXXXX Network error: Connection refused
Network error: Connection refused. Can you tell me how to check opensuse
to make sure ssh is enable and all?

Opensuse ver 11.2

[chaosless]

can install the yast module for sshd and it probably will check these things too:

sshd running? use "rcsshd status" or can use netstat
port open in the firewall? port 22, unless changed in /etc/ssh/sshd_config
active on the interface? 65.x.x.x - maybe have multiple interfaces, ip route

should see details in /var/log/secure - depending on sshd_config

tcp_wrappers? /etc/hosts.allow or /etc/hosts.deny

usually i put public facing ssh access onto a non-standard port btw...