Caot coect to machine on local, statically configured network

I'm trying to set up a second NIC on my desktop to be able to ssh into another local machine ruing ubuntu (I don't want that machine to be on the other network).

My second NIC and my ubuntu machine are coected through a TP-link desktop switch. They have statically configured IP addresses on the same subnet, and are the only two things coected to the switch. Nothing should be doing dhcp.

For some reason, I caot coect to the ubuntu machine. I have bridged my second nic with a vmware workstation vm ruing ubuntu server, and can ping between that vm and its host.

I have disabled network-manager on the ubuntu box.

Here is some useful information.

Win7: 10.0.0.17  
Net Mask: 255.255.255.0  

Ubuntu Server VM /etc/networking/interfaces:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

iface eth0 inet static
address 10.0.0.16
netmask 255.255.255.0

Ubuntu machine /etc/network/interfaces:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
address 10.0.0.18
netmask 255.255.255.0

arp -a output on ubuntu machine:

? (10.0.0.16) at <incomplete> on eth1

Any ideas as to why this config isn't working? It looks fine to me, and I've done this before with other networks and never had problems.