Problems WinSCP to Arista Router

Hello, I seem to be having an issue when trying to WinSCP from my Window 10 PC to an Arista router.

When I attempt to connect using the correct username, password, and port number, I receive 2 error messages:

1) Host is not communicating for more than 15 seconds. Still waiting... Note: If the problem repeats, try turning off 'Optimize connection buffer size'.

2) Error skipping startup message. Your shell is probably incompatible with the application (BASH is recommended).

The Arista router has a bash prompt and I believe the 'scp' binary is installed and executable.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

Please attach a full session log file showing the problem (using the latest version of WinSCP).

Sorry for the delay as I have been travelling. I have attached a debug2 level log from the transaction.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

It does not look like your router has a Linux-like shell, what is a WinSCP requirement for SCP protocol.
See https://winscp.net/eng/docs/requirements#scp

Hi, thank you for the response... The router does indeed have a Linux like shell. If I go into bash, then do a search for 'scp', I see it under:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 82420 Apr 12 2018 scp

Just as an FYI, I have a different machine (a Linux server) where I can successfully WinSCP to it and scp attributes are:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 79880 Sep 12 09:46 scp

gil_happy wrote:

If I go into bash

How do you "go into bash"?

Good question.... once I ssh using port 22 to the Arista router, I enter the user / pass. Then from the terminal prompt, I put it into 'enable' mode (similar to a Cisco router), and then I type 'bash'. At that point I'm in the bash shell.

That first part of the login could be the problem.

If there's a way to combine both steps into one command, you can specify that as a shell in session settings:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_login_scp
If not, I'm afraid it may not be possible to use WinSCP with your router (unless it supports SFTP or FTP).