Putty fatal error: Network error: connection refused (ubunty server)

Question

I applied the below mention code to my server and after few mins i tried to re-connect to the PUTTY then its started showing me this error Putty fatal error: Network error: connection refused (ubunty server 6.06.1)

This below piece of code , i applied in my server through PUTTY, Is the below changes making my problem?

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Please help me , i need to solve this error before my boss sees this error

Solution

try pinging to the server., if you get ping replies that mean there is no problem with the network connection

please check if your ssh port is listening or not

netstat -atnp | grep 22

hope this helps

Comments

[ashutosh]

how can I ping to my server without putty? I already said in above question "my putty is not opening for the host".

[RamprasVM]

Hello Sundara, please ping to the server from your host machine.. if its windows you can open cmd prompt, if linux you can open terminal and ping to the server

[ashutosh]

i typed in my windows cmd prompt netstat -atnp | grep 22& pressed Enter but it did not returned any message. Simply cursor moved to new line. my.jetscreenshot.com/demo/20140219-6zc8-16kb.jpg

[RamprasVM]

@Sundara that is a linux command., from what I understand is that you have lost your connection to the remote server., are u able to ping atleast from your windows 7 host??

[ashutosh]

I tried to ping from my cmd(win7) but it showed timeout. Please check my.jetscreenshot.com/demo/20140219-xc1p-22kb.jpg . What does it mean?

[RamprasVM]

well in that case.. as we are not able to access it remotely.. accessing the server physically is the only option..

[ashutosh]

my server is in usa. now i am in India. So did you mean that i have to go to usa... to access my server?