From 2bb84aca4f0cb6587e4193e5c31b292b2d18cf47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Manivong <christian.manivong@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:37:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?fix(get=5Fconfig):=20use=20port=2022=20for=20SS?=
 =?UTF-8?q?H=20fallback=20=E2=80=94=20self.port=20is=20the=20REST=20API=20?=
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In API transport mode, self.port = 443 (HTTPS). All SSH attempts were
connecting to port 443 which speaks TLS, not SSH — hence 'banner exchange
timed out'. Fix: hardcode port 22 for the SSH config fallback.
---
 napalm_procurve/procurve.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/napalm_procurve/procurve.py b/napalm_procurve/procurve.py
index 698fca2..43cd376 100644
--- a/napalm_procurve/procurve.py
+++ b/napalm_procurve/procurve.py
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ class ProcurveDriver(ConfigLifecycleMixin, SwitchDriver):
             "-o", "BatchMode=no",
             "-o", "KexAlgorithms=+diffie-hellman-group1-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1",
             "-o", "HostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa",
-            "-p", str(self.port or 22),
+            "-p", "22",  # always SSH port — self.port is the REST API port (443)
             f"{self.username}@{self.hostname}",
             "show running-config",
         ]