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Normally, the default is accessed by getservbyname, but Windows doesn't have SSH in the "database" accessed by getservbyname. There are three solutions:

Specify the port explicitely, as suggested in the parent post.

Upgrade to version Net::SSH::Perl version 1.27 or higher. Instead of relying entirely on getservbyname, version 1.27 and higher use 22 (hardcoded) as the port number if getservbyname fails.

Older version (<= 1.26):

        my @serv = getservbyname(my $serv = $rport, 'tcp');
        $rport = $serv[2];
        croak "Can't map service name '$serv' to port number"
            unless defined $rport;
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Newer version (>= 1.27):

        my @serv = getservbyname(my $serv = $rport, 'tcp');
        $rport = $serv[2] || 22;
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Add SSH to the services "database". In windows, it's %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\services, a text file identical to unix's /etc/services. The entry to add is simply:
```
ssh 22/tcp  # Secure Shell Login
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```

In reply to Re^2: connecting via SSH by ikegami
in thread connecting via SSH by nathanvit

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