Re: ssh to [username].dyndns.org

[Paul Scott <waterhorsemusic@aol.com>]

On 8/15/25 11:25 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 11:04:27 -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> > ping [username].dyndns.org works.
> > ssh [username].dyndns.org works.
> >
> > and
> >
> > ssh [IP address given by the ping]
> >
> > also hangs.
> >
> > Has ssh changed somehow?
> It's possible that you've configured the client-side options to
> select an alternative port number when you connect to "name" but
> not when you connect to "ip".
>
> If your client is OpenSSH on a Unix-like environment, look at the
> ~/.ssh/config file to see whether this is the case.  (In theory it
> could also be configured in /etc/ssh/ssh_config but you should not be
> doing that.)
On my laptop where I am trying to do this:

/etc/.ssh only has known_hosts not config

/etc/ssh/ssh_config was last changed on April 15 but not by me. That 
could be when the dyndns.org problem started.

I won't be able to look at my desktop that I am trying to ssh to for a 
while.

Thank you,

Paul