Ssh: connect to host balena.local port 22222: Connection refused

Product support
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Hi,

Balena on PI4

I’ve tried a number of things. I’ve reinstalled vanilla.
C:\Users\denniswillis>start-ssh-agent
Found ssh-agent at 23784
Found ssh-agent socket at /tmp/ssh-wWLtsFul6Ojm/agent.1527

C:\Users\denniswillis>ssh balena.local
The authenticity of host ‘balena.local (23.195.69.106)’ can’t be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:vJkEyeJnZ7+WydeLYQ3Dccr2JX8qHeoqV/DBovS5dQ4.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? y
Please type ‘yes’ or ‘no’: yes
Warning: Permanently added ‘balena.local,23.195.69.106’ (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
denniswillis@balena.local: Permission denied (publickey).

ANOTHER ATTEMPT with DEBUG
FetchError: request to https://api.balena.local/login_ failed, reason: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND api.balena.local api.balena.local:443
at ClientRequest. (C:\Program Files\balena-cli\client\node_modules\node-fetch\index.js:133:11)
at emitOne (events.js:116:13)
at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:211:7)
at ClientRequest.emit (C:\Program Files\balena-cli\client\node_modules\raven\lib\instrumentation\http.js:51:23)
at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (_http_client.js:401:9)
at emitOne (events.js:116:13)
at TLSSocket.emit (events.js:211:7)
at emitErrorNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:66:8)
at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:139:11)
at process._tickDomainCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:219:9)

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2

The Pi4 with Balena is getting a different IP address setup.
Everything else on my DHCP is getting a 10.4.91.* address.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> ping balena.local

Pinging balena.local [23.195.69.106] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 23.195.69.106: bytes=32 time=59ms TTL=50
Reply from 23.195.69.106: bytes=32 time=63ms TTL=50
Reply from 23.195.69.106: bytes=32 time=62ms TTL=50
Reply from 23.195.69.106: bytes=32 time=55ms TTL=50

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Reinstalled using only WIFI and preconfiguring.

I don’t understand. Two different IP addresses.
Ping homepi get 10.4.91.117
Ping homepi.local get 23.195.69.106

Still can’ t shell in.

C:\Users\denniswillis>ping homepi.local

Pinging homepi.local [23.195.69.106] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 23.195.69.106: bytes=32 time=55ms TTL=50
Reply from 23.195.69.106: bytes=32 time=54ms TTL=50
Reply from 23.195.69.106: bytes=32 time=56ms TTL=50
Reply from 23.195.69.106: bytes=32 time=56ms TTL=50

Ping statistics for 23.195.69.106:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 54ms, Maximum = 56ms, Average = 55ms

C:\Users\denniswillis>ping homepi

Pinging homepi.neo.rr.com [10.4.91.117] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 10.4.91.117: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 10.4.91.117: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 10.4.91.117: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64
Reply from 10.4.91.117: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 10.4.91.117:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 3ms, Average = 1ms

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Hi @denniswillis welcome to the forums! Can you let us know what OS version you are using and wether it is a dev or prod variant? Also is this a device running on openBalena or balenaCloud?