Connect Droplet via SSH is Unstable. Encounter "timed out" occasionally.

Hi,

I created a docker droplet recently and try to create a generic docker-machine in my windows workspace.

However, I cannot successfully create the docker-machine. After debugging, I found out that I cannot successfully connect to my droplet with SSH every time.

Below is my command to create docker-machine:

 docker-machine -D --native-ssh create --driver generic --generic-ip-address=<IP> --generic-ssh-key <RSA KEY> remote

The command stuck when running SSH command, below is partial log:

About to run SSH command:
sudo hostname docker && echo "docker" | sudo tee /etc/hostname
SSH cmd err, output: <nil>:
(docker) Calling .GetSSHHostname
(docker) Calling .GetSSHPort
(docker) Calling .GetSSHKeyPath
(docker) Calling .GetSSHKeyPath
(docker) Calling .GetSSHUsername
Using SSH client type: native
&{{{<nil> 0 [] [] []} root [0x76ed50] 0x76ed00  [] 0s} 167.71.214.248 22 <nil> <nil>}
About to run SSH command:

                if ! grep -xq '.*\sdocker' /etc/hosts; then
                        if grep -xq '127.0.1.1\s.*' /etc/hosts; then
                                sudo sed -i 's/^127.0.1.1\s.*/127.0.1.1 docker/g' /etc/hosts;
                        else
                                echo '127.0.1.1 docker' | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts;
                        fi
                fi
Error dialing TCP: dial tcp 167.71.214.248:22: connectex: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
Error dialing TCP: dial tcp 167.71.214.248:22: connectex: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
Error dialing TCP: dial tcp 167.71.214.248:22: connectex: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
Error dialing TCP: dial tcp 167.71.214.248:22: connectex: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.

I try to connect to my droplet with below command:

ssh root@167.71.214.248 echo hi

The command cannot always run successfully. Below is my screenshot:

I’m wondering what’s going wrong? Please kindly help me. Thanks a lot.

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Reference

1. Droplet Info

2. Docker machine version:

docker-machine.exe version 0.14.0, build 89b8332

I have tried version 0.12 ~ 0.16, but still encounter the same error

3. My computer
4. Window 10 Home Edition
5. Have tried both OpenSSH and SSH in Docker Quick Start terminal
6. Using DockerTools