On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 1:48 PM Crystal Kolipe <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 10:43:34AM +0300, Washington Odhiambo wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 8:08???PM Crystal Kolipe <
> [email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > The problem is probably not with PF, but something else.
> > >
> >
> > I haven't manipulated anything at all. It's a fresh OpenBSD install.
>
> Have you checked the configuration on the host?
>
> From the information you have supplied so far, the configuration of the
> OpenBSD client seems to be correct.
>
> > Your suggested commands show that it is running and listening on all
> > interfaces for IPv4 and IPv6.
>
> OK, so it seems that:
>
> * PF is currently disabled, so this is not the source of the problem.
> * SSHd is running and listening on all interfaces.
> * Your ifconfig output looks correct.
> * Your routing table looks correct.
> * The OpenBSD vm is using 192.168.69.22
> * The host is using 192.168.69.1
> * You are able to ping the host from within the OpenBSD vm
> * You are able to ping other hosts on the internet from within the OpenBSD
> vm
> * Therefore ICMP traffic is correctly being routed out of and back to the
>   OpenBSD vm.
> * You are assigning the IP address to the OpenBSD via DHCP, (rather than
>   setting a fixed address.)
>
> If this is all correct, I would now check:
>
> * Is TCP traffic being routed out of and back to the OpenBSD vm:
>
> openbsd# ftp -o -https://www.openbsd.org/
>
> * Can you connect to an arbitrary high port that is listening on the
> OpenBSD vm
>   from the host:
>
> openbsd# nc -l 192.168.69.22 2000
> host$ telnet 192.168.69.22 2000
>
> As PF is currently disabled, you should be able to connect to port 2000
> without any additional configuration.
>

Linux pve2 6.17.4-2-pve #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC PMX 6.17.4-2
(2025-12-19T07:49Z) x86_64

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root@pve2:~# nc -l 192.168.69.22 2000
^C
root@pve2:~# ssh [email protected]
The authenticity of host '192.168.69.22 (192.168.69.22)' can't be
established.
ED25519 key fingerprint is
SHA256:rCoWP6WVjHxsVo2UEYEjq4UWyVS4a2xp3LJcD9EvNw0.
This key is not known by any other names.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])?

I can SSH to openBSD from all the other VMs.
What seems to be the problem is that I cannot SSH to it from Putty/Bitvise
clients from Windows 11, but I can SSH from the Windows 11 command line :-(
Weird.


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