accesing to the guest os via ssh

[htamayo]

Hi, I wat to ask you about this:

Scenario:
-I'm running Debian Lenny with kernel 2.6.26 as Host OS
-I have installed VirtualBox 2.0.6 installed, with Windows XP as guest OS - and some other VM's.
-I've created a bridge networking in my NIC, so my Host OS and my guest OS can get IP's from the dhcp server, in fact, they get different IPS without any problem
-I can do ping between them without any problem, also I've configured some access directory and printing between them using samba and all works ok.

In the Guest OS (Windows):
-I've installed Microsoft SQL Server(port 1433) and Sun Application Server (port 8080)
-from this guest os, I can do telnet 8080

From the Host OS (Debian):
-I can to ping to the guest OS and it works
-I can't do ssh to guest os (ssh 10.10.1.18 8080)
I got: "connection refused"

Questions:
-This "connection refused" could be a bridge issue related?
-it's related to iptables? -at this time I didn't setup anything related to it
-why if I can ping to guest, I can't ssh to it?
-is this a samba issue related?
-what thing should I review first: bridge, virtualbox, iptables, samba?

all the best

[Sasquatch]

You need to learn the difference between telnet and SSH. That's all I have to say. Linux does have a telnet client.