ssh connection refused. i hate my SMC router.

[kamagurka]

i have one machine sitting here. openssh is installed, sshd is running; but when i try ssh'ing into it, i get a connection refused. do i have to make any additional tweaking?
i'd guess the problem is the SMC router the machine is sitting behind, as the config of the thing is somewhat strange. i can't for the life of me get him to just forward all traffic on port 22. either he just drops all ssh request, and the session is sitting there for hours and hours, or i just get a connection refused error. this is NOT good.
anyone know their way around smc-routers?
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[barbar]

If your router blocks port 22 set ssh to a higher port (eg 8022). Just edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config.

[nobspangle]

port forwarding is often called "virtual servers" on SMC routers

[javac16]

On my SMC router it is also called virtual servers. Go into advanced setup and click NAT. Under this is the virtual server setup.

Just set up port 22 (or your ssh port of choice) to route to the specific box (ip address) you want.