Connection timed out

Hi,
 
I have a Linux machine that has the ssh daemon running, and am trying to
access it via my windows xp machine with cygwin.
 
I can ping the linux machine ip address, or nslookup the linux machine
from cygwin.  I can also do the reverse with the linux machine to
windows.
 
When I try 
~# ssh myuserid@linux-ip-address or ~# ssh linux-ip-address
 
it hangs for 15-20 seconds, then gives me the following error:
ssh:  connect to host  xxx.xxx.x.xx port 22: Connection timed out
 
I've been through the information on www.openssh.com
<http://www.openssh.com/>  manual pages, and don't see anthing that
points me in the right direction.
 
Any ideas?
 
EBD
 

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