Cannot connect to other Hosts from ESXi with ssh/scp

[CEStoner]

Hi there,

I have two ESXi hosts (free Version 6.5) up and running for quite some time now. Everything is running smooth.

If SSHd is enabled on the ESXi hosts, I also can connet to then with ssh, there is no issue.

But if I'm already on the ESXi host in a shell, I cannot connect to any other host with ssh or scp.

ssh: connect to host XX.XX.XX.XX port 22: Connection timed out

This behaviour is the same for both of my ESXi hosts. SSHD on the remote hosts (where I want to connect to) is working fine, and I can connect to them from any other machine beside my two ESXi hosts.

Any clue from where this behaviour comes and how to fix it?

Regards,

Claude

[scott28tt · Accepted solution]

SSH Client enabled in the ESXi firewall? (for the outbound connection)

[CEStoner]

Thank you Scott for that Hint.

Yes it was enabled, but I tried to connect to non standard SSH Port...

So now I understand the problem.

Cheers Claude

[Alex_Romeo]

Hi,

The connections to the host in ssh are independent, if you have multiple hosts and all with the ssh service enabled, you must open multiple independent sessions to the hosts.

I usually use PuTTY to connect to different hosts at the same time, but I open multiple single sessions.

ARomeo