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user12799293
user12799293

Reputation:

ssh_init: Network error: Cannot assign requested address

I am trying to set up a connection and transfer files using putty on a windows 10 platform. I have verified that the default port in putty is 22. When I run the command in the command line to connect and transfer files though I get the above error. Any idea why this is or what I should do?

Upvotes: 70

Views: 94478

Answers (6)

Todd Porter
Todd Porter

Reputation: 1

I would just like to add my comment to this since I spent ~ 3hrs trying to get it working and the fix was SIMPLE....

Trying to run this would give me the address error every time:

 putty -ssh 192.168.1.1 -P 22 -t -l root -i keyfile -m script.sh

After trying everything I could possible think of, one of the last attempts was rearranging the arguments and ended just being needing to move '-P' to AFTER '-t' and '-l':

 putty -ssh 192.168.1.1 -t -l root -i keyfile -P 22 -m script.sh

Upvotes: 0

Geordie
Geordie

Reputation: 2184

I'm my case I was hitting this error because SSH was not enabled in Raspbian.

Upvotes: 0

John C.
John C.

Reputation: 1

In my case I had created a shortened "session name" in Putty -- that is, a shorter representation of the full hostname. This worked for most Putty functions -- but when I tried to use pscp I found that I needed to have a session name that was identical to the hostname.

Upvotes: 0

TomRod
TomRod

Reputation: 331

I had to go into the Putty Default Settings and "Save" them again, despite port 22 showing as the default. Worked for me to avoid adding the -P 22 option every time.

Upvotes: 22

Taterhead
Taterhead

Reputation: 5951

I had the same error and ended up at this page. The -P 22 did not solve my problem.

I use Putty saved sessions and double checked my command line and had the same error as the OP.

I was using:

pscp -l SESSION_NAME_IN_PUTTY ip:/remote_path local_path

I reviewed the command line options for pscp and changed the -l to -load and it worked.

The final command looked like:

pscp -load SESSION_NAME_IN_PUTTY ip:/remote_path local_path

Note: If you still have the error, please review your spelling of SESSION_NAME_IN_PUTTY and ensure it is an exact match. One letter off, can cause the same error.

Upvotes: 6

Martha
Martha

Reputation: 1696

Did you try:

pscp -P 22 c:\documents\foo.txt [email protected]:/tmp/foo

Upvotes: 168

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