Yes: $ ssh -v 85.119.82.47 OpenSSH_5.2p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7l 28 Sep 2006 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config debug1: Connecting to 85.119.82.47 [85.119.82.47] port 22. debug1: connect to address 85.119.82.47 port 22: Connection refused ssh: connect to host 85.119.82.47 port 22: Connection refused and $ ssh -v -p2222 85.119.82.47 OpenSSH_5.2p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7l 28 Sep 2006 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config debug1: Connecting to 85.119.82.47 [85.119.82.47] port 2222. debug1: Connection established. debug1: identity file /Users/zaphod/.ssh/identity type -1 debug1: identity file /Users/zaphod/.ssh/id_rsa type -1 debug1: identity file /Users/zaphod/.ssh/id_dsa type -1 ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host This started some weeks ago when I gave a friend in Spain and account. He never succeeded in logging from home via Windows and Putty and I assumed that he was doing something wrong. When I arrived to stay I had the same result on my Mac. I was hoping to get something concrete to approach the ISP with. It is hard enough to talk with any help line but dealing with such a specialist question in Spanish will be challenging at best. I think that it is clear it is not a problem with either my setup or Bitfolk and it is best to drop the topic. If we find any successful solution I will post it here just in case anyone might be interested. Thanks for the help. Steve