7.10 remote access riddle

[Bernard Peek]

I have a home network with a four port ADSL router with one of those 
ports connected to a further 8 port switch. I'm trying to connect a new 
box, it's a Creative Labs Slix. I've got 7.10 installed on it with its 
firewall running. The firewall is set to permit access from selected 
192.168.0 addresses.

When I connect it to the 8-port switch I can connect to the Slix with 
SSH or VNC from my laptop, which is one of the addresses allowed by the 
firewall rules. When I plug the Slix into the spare port of the router I 
can't connect using either VNC or SSH, although I can ping it. I'm using 
  the same laptop, a known-good network cable and a known-good port on 
the router.

Any idea what might be causing the problem?



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