Knowledgebase RDP / SSH Connection Refused — What to Do

RDP / SSH Connection Refused — What to Do

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For security, RDP and SSH access to our VPS service is limited to certain countries — this protects against brute-force and other attacks.

The problem

If you can't reach your VPS over RDP or SSH (directly or via our panel console), you'll see a "connection refused" message:

SSH connection refused

RDP connection refused

The cause

Your country and/or ISP IP range is on our firewall's deny list.

The fix

Submit a ticket to our networking department with your country and ISP name, and we'll whitelist your IP / country / ISP.

Submit a ticket (you'll need to be logged in).

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