[CentOS] ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host

Karl Vogel
Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:06:15 -0000

>> On Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:09:46 +0200 (CEST),
>> "M. Fioretti" <mfioretti at nexaima.net> said:

M> Yesterday I completed (fingers crossed) the switch to a different ADSL
M> provider. From the moment I turned on the modem on the new ADSL line, I
M> became unable to ssh into server A. All attempts abort with this
M> message:
M>    ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host

   This is in the "grasping at straws" category, but have you tried
   connecting with a different cipher, like "blowfish" or
"3des-cbc"?

   If/as/when you get access to the server, can you disable TCP checksum
   offloading?

   root# ethtool -K eth0 tx off rx off
   root# ethtool -t eth0 offline             # adapter self-test

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