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Why i can not connect to my sever?

Posted on August 23, 2017

Why i can not connect to my sever since yesterday? I want to upload some files to my website,but i can not connect to my sever. I tried to use CuteFtp and WinsCP,said “connection time out”.Two days before that’s all normal. I am in China,But i tried use a vpn ,that’s not useful. My vps are in German. Please help. best regards.



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@brightgun

Can you connect using console?

Make sure that openssh service is running and listening on port 22 with this command:

sudo lsof -i :22

Make sure you are using the right IP address

Hope this helps.

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