Putty error: Server unexpectedly closed network connection

[bill at horne.net (Bill Horne)]

gboyce wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Bill Horne wrote:
>
>> Vijairaj wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/16/06, Bill Horne <bill at horne.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm getting an error when attempting to access my home server with 
>>>> ssh:
>>>>
>>>> "Server unexpectedly closed network connection"
>>>>
>>>
>>> You can try this to get a verbose output
>>> putty.exe -v -ssh user at host
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion: it produces a "Connecting to <ip address> 
>> port 22", and then the next line has the same error message.
>
>
> What do you get if you telnet to port 22?  Do you get an SSHD banner 
> string, or does the connection close immediatly?
>
Neither one: if I telnet to port 22, it times out after about 8 seconds, 
with the message "Connection to host lost". You may verify this by 
trying billhorne.homelinux.org.

HTH.

Bill

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