can't connect SSH; something changed?

[hen3ry]

Folks:

For many months I've been able to open a shell and utter

% ssh -l <myusername> <myIPaddress>

and always, without fail, I get a secure shell connection to my (virtual) webserver. Now, this fails. I get no response.

Has something changed at Bluehost?

There's a chance that I messed up my hardware firewall and that is the problem, but I've spent several hours trying to prove that, without success.

TIA,

Henry

[Basil]

Maybe your IP changed?

[hen3ry]

Basil:

Hmmm, nope, I'm paying for fixed IP service ADSL, and I double-checked -- no change there.

That's a VERY good point... I'm thinking of going to lower-priced PPPoE service. Do you know if that means I won't be able to use SSH, because my IP address will never be the same twice?

Thanks,

Henry

[charlesgan]

bluehost is upgrading their server. and you might need to check with support whether your ssh is somehow effected.

[Pethens]

Granted, your home IP address probably hasn't changed. But the IP address of the Bluehost server could have changed, in which case your SSH command wouldn't work anymore.

Try using
ssh me@mydomain.com

This will continue to work regardless of any IP address changes.

[hen3ry]

Pethens:

Thanks, that did the trick:

ssh myusername@<mydomainname>

so it seems that I was right... something changed. Sad to say, I did not know that this form existed; D'oh, I should have read the man page!

Thanks,

Henry