Check your ssh key size, the newer versions of FreeBSD went from a 1024 bit key to a 2048 bit kay and some ssh clients can't deal with that big a one. Also check reverse DNS records for the IP's involved.
Ted >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kurt Buff >Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 1:18 PM >To: Alex Zbyslaw; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: SSHD working in a funky fashion > > >On 2/28/06, Alex Zbyslaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Kurt Buff wrote: >> >sshd: fatal: timeout before authentication from 192.168.11.63 >> > >> Can you ssh from one of your other FreeBSD boxes to this box? If not >> then try "ssh -v -v -v" which may point you in the right direction. > >Well, today it's working, but it's veeeeeerrrrrrrryyyyyyy slow to log >into, from the Windows boxes. From the FreeBSD boxes it's just a bit >slow to log in. > >> If it's just Windows which can't login, then try running sshd in debug >> mode and see if that tells you anything. from man sshd >> >> -d Debug mode. The server sends verbose debug output to the >> system >> log, and does not put itself in the background. >The server >> also >> will not fork and will only process one connection. This >> option >> is only intended for debugging for the server. >Multiple -d >> options increase the debugging level. Maximum is 3. >> >> If none of that shows anything useful, then maybe you have >some network >> level problem. Does any kind of connection from Windows work? E.g. >> Samba shared drive? Ftp? Or even (for testing only) telnet, since >> putty does that too? > >Don't have telnet or ftp running, but I'm able to browse the samba >shares just fine. > >> If it's a network level problem, then some more info about >your topology >> might be helpful. E.g. are all these machines on the same LAN segment >> connected to the same switch? > >One Windows box is on a different subnet but the same (layer3) switch, >one is on a different switch but same subnet, and the FreeBSD boxes (3 >of them) are on the same switch and subnet. > >> PS I assume you've tried your error message through google? > >Yup - lots of hits, but not much meat. > >Kurt >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/273 - Release Date: 3/2/2006 > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"