Putty error: Server unexpectedly closed network connection

[bill at horne.net (Bill Horne)]

gboyce wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Bill Horne wrote:
>
>> I'm getting an error when attempting to access my home server with ssh:
>>
>> "Server unexpectedly closed network connection"
>>
>> I'm working through the Google results, but in the meantime I've got 
>> a customer waiting and I'm on vacation and I would really like to 
>> solve this problem quickly, so if anyone has a solution please reply.
>
>
> I've seen this happen on servers that have suffered a hardware failure 
> on occasion.  An inline IPS configured to block SSH connections could 
> also cause this sort of behavior.
>
> For the first case, there's not too much you can do.  For the second 
> case, if you can find a different source of Internet access you may 
> have better luck.
>
> Someone else may have an alternate cause as well though.

I've tried using both WiFi and dialup connections, and got the same 
results either way.

I know the iptables rules are good, since I'm getting an error from the 
ssh daemon, and I put an allow statement into /etc/hosts.allow.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Bill

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