scp not working

[schnimmy]

I have connected to a Ubuntu 12.04 server via ssh from a laptop running Ubuntu 12.04. So far so good, on the server I tried to send a file back to the laptop using scp

user@host$ scp file1 user@ip-address:Desktop/ 

ssh: connect to host <ip-address> port 22: Connection timed out 
lost connection

From the server I tried to see if port 22 was open on the laptop using netcat

user@host$ nc -zv <ip-address> 22 

nc: connect to <ip-address> port 22 (tcp) failed: Connection timed out

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated, thanks

[spynappels]

Do you have SSH server running on the laptop, or just a SSH client?

[schnimmy]

I have connected to a Ubuntu 12.04 server via ssh from a laptop running Ubuntu 12.04. So far so good, on the server I tried to send a file back to the laptop using scp

user@host$ scp file1 user@ip-address:Desktop/ 

ssh: connect to host <ip-address> port 22: Connection timed out 
lost connection

From the server I tried to see if port 22 was open on the laptop using netcat

user@host$ nc -zv <ip-address> 22 

nc: connect to <ip-address> port 22 (tcp) failed: Connection timed out

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated, thanks

[Vaphell]

does scp user@server:/dir/file1 Desktop/ executed on your laptop work?

[schnimmy]

I just tried scp file1 user@server from the laptop and it worked.

To scp from server back to the laptop does ssh-server have to be installed on laptop?

[schnimmy]

just the client, do i need to install ssh server?

[rnerwein]

I just tried scp file1 user@server from the laptop and it worked.

To scp from server back to the laptop does ssh-server have to be installed on laptop?

yes - you need the sshd
sudo apt-get install openssh-server

[lisati]

Threads merged. Please do not start multiple threads for the same support request, it dilutes the community's ability to help.

[schnimmy]

okay thanks, I've installed the ssh server on the laptop, still can't seem to ssh from server to laptop. Do any directives in /etc/ssh/sshd_config need altering? I've tried changing PermitRootLogin to yes and ChallengeResponseAuthentication to yes and PasswordAuthentication to yes, makes no difference.

Suggestions please

[schnimmy]

the ssh server on the laptop is listening on port 22, the command netstat -an | grep LISTEN shows that it is