Re: ssh to [username].dyndns.org

[Paul Scott <waterhorsemusic@aol.com>]

On 8/15/25 12:25 PM, Andy Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 11:04:27AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> > As of a few months ago ssh hangs trying to access my desktop.
> >
> > ping [username].dyndns.org works.
> >
> > ssh [username].dyndns.org works.
> >
> > and
> >
> > ssh [IP address given by the ping]
> >
> > also hangs.
> Did you really mean to say that ssh by hostname works but ssh by IP
> address hangs, or was this a mistake and you meant that both forms of

Oops!

ssh [username].dyndns.org hangs.

> ssh hang?
>
> Either way, a dump of the output of "ssh -v" to whichever one fails
> may help spot a problem.

The last line of ssh -v is (with [IP]:

Connecting to ... port 22.

Pressing enter gives

#   IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa

This file doesn't exist.

Paul



> Thanks,
> Andy