title: unable to clone git repository on laptop, however, cloned successfully on dev machine
body: <p>I have successfully installed git on a windows server 2008 machine and set up ssh. </p>
  
  <p>I have successfully cloned a repository on my developer machine (windows 7), but when I tried to clone it on my laptop (windows 7), it is giving me the error:  </p>
  
  <pre><code>unable to open connection. Host does not exist
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I can connect to it with putty successfully, and also set the environment variable. I cannot identify what I am missing. Please help. Thanks in advance.</p>