Does the result of "ip a" or "ip addr" return results you expect?
Can you ping out to something on your network from the VM's console?
Can you ping the VM from something on the network?
Is the ssh server daemon running?
Is the ssh configuration set to allow your user to log in? (I forget if root is locked out of ssh on core)
Is fail2ban running and is your work machine IP address in fail2ban jail on the VM?
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Does the result of "ip a" or "ip addr" return results you expect?
Can you ping out to something on your network from the VM's console?
Can you ping the VM from something on the network?
Is the ssh server daemon running?
Is the ssh configuration set to allow your user to log in? (I forget if root is locked out of ssh on core)
Is fail2ban running and is your work machine IP address in fail2ban jail on the VM?