Hi, first post here, loving Manjaro so far - I had installed the XFCE version a few years ago but went over to MX Linux, which is also great btw, but came back to Manjaro (Gnome Edition) because I wanted to go back to a rolling release distro, and for the AUR, which makes everything so much easier.
Anyway everything is working perfectly except for SSH - I copied over the .ssh folder from my old machine (as I have done in the past with no issues), installed Asbru Connection Manager (recommended app for multiple SSH connections) and tried to connect. It times out every time after about 3 minutes of just hanging. Tried different servers and same result.
I thought it might be a problem with Asbru but just a plain terminal ssh session also timed out with many different servers, so I thought maybe an issue with my ISP or port blocked in the router (just moved house), but I can SSH no problem on the same connection using my Android tablet using Termux.
I checked all the permissions in the .ssh folder, nothing wrong there, checked the /etc/ssh/ssh_config and it was just the default file with no mods, as it should be on a brand new install.
So I am at a bit of a loss… the verbose option shows no errors until it informs me that the connection has timed out.
If anyone can shed some light on why this might be happening I would be very grateful, thanks.
I don’t know but regarding your explanation of what you did and what you tried, I would say try to remove your .ssh folder and try a connection, see what happens?
Thanks, I’ve tried that with no success, it still times out.
The thing is that all SSH connections time out, even to a GreenGeeks shared hosting box which surely has the latest software installed. And I am able to connect using other devices, so that suggests the problem is within this particular Manjaro install.
I just tried another server that I hadn’t tried before and it DID work! So I am at a loss why it’s not working on three other servers but it does work on this one.
Yes, you must be right! I tried connecting using a VPN and it worked. So not sure why my IP has been banned from these 3 servers, but maybe it’s a shared IP and someone else has been doing something naughty.
So that’s great, the issue is solved, thanks for the help all!