diff --git a/share/tunnel/tunnel_in_proxy.go b/share/tunnel/tunnel_in_proxy.go
index 007fb0c7..1037e52a 100644
--- a/share/tunnel/tunnel_in_proxy.go
+++ b/share/tunnel/tunnel_in_proxy.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jpillora/chisel/share/settings"
 	"github.com/jpillora/sizestr"
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
+	"errors"
 )
 
 //sshTunnel exposes a subset of Tunnel to subtypes
@@ -118,13 +119,39 @@ func (p *Proxy) runTCP(ctx context.Context) error {
 			close(done)
 			return err
 		}
-		go p.pipeRemote(ctx, src)
+
+		dst, l, err := p.openSshChannel(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			// SSH channel failed - likely because remote end not connectable
+			l.Infof("Reset")
+			resetTCP(src.(*net.TCPConn), err.Error())
+		    continue
+		}
+
+		go p.pipeRemoteSshAlreadyOpened(src, dst, l)
 	}
 }
 
 func (p *Proxy) pipeRemote(ctx context.Context, src io.ReadWriteCloser) {
 	defer src.Close()
 
+	dst, l, err := p.openSshChannel(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	//then pipe
+	s, r := cio.Pipe(src, dst)
+	l.Debugf("Close (sent %s received %s)", sizestr.ToString(s), sizestr.ToString(r))
+}
+
+func (p *Proxy) pipeRemoteSshAlreadyOpened(src, dst io.ReadWriteCloser, l *cio.Logger) {
+	defer src.Close()
+	s, r := cio.Pipe(src, dst)
+	l.Debugf("Close (sent %s received %s)", sizestr.ToString(s), sizestr.ToString(r))
+}
+
+func (p *Proxy) openSshChannel(ctx context.Context) (io.ReadWriteCloser, *cio.Logger, error) {
 	p.mu.Lock()
 	p.count++
 	cid := p.count
@@ -132,19 +159,32 @@ func (p *Proxy) pipeRemote(ctx context.Context, src io.ReadWriteCloser) {
 
 	l := p.Fork("conn#%d", cid)
 	l.Debugf("Open")
+
 	sshConn := p.sshTun.getSSH(ctx)
 	if sshConn == nil {
 		l.Debugf("No remote connection")
-		return
+		return nil, l, errors.New("No remote SSH connection")
 	}
 	//ssh request for tcp connection for this proxy's remote
 	dst, reqs, err := sshConn.OpenChannel("chisel", []byte(p.remote.Remote()))
 	if err != nil {
 		l.Infof("Stream error: %s", err)
-		return
+		return nil, l, err
 	}
 	go ssh.DiscardRequests(reqs)
-	//then pipe
-	s, r := cio.Pipe(src, dst)
-	l.Debugf("Close (sent %s received %s)", sizestr.ToString(s), sizestr.ToString(r))
+	return dst, l, nil
 }
+
+func resetTCP(c *net.TCPConn, msg string) {
+	data := append([]byte(msg),0x0a)
+
+	c.SetLinger(0)      // TCP reset if close and all data not yet sent/acked
+	c.SetNoDelay(false) // Make TCP slower to send...
+	// maximise changes to have Write() and Close() executed without gorouting switch
+	func() {
+		c.Write(data) // ignore errors
+		c.Close()
+	}()
+
+	return
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/tunnel/tunnel_out_ssh.go b/share/tunnel/tunnel_out_ssh.go
index b07b98ed..aa3df2a9 100644
--- a/share/tunnel/tunnel_out_ssh.go
+++ b/share/tunnel/tunnel_out_ssh.go
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ func (t *Tunnel) handleSSHChannels(chans <-chan ssh.NewChannel) {
 }
 
 func (t *Tunnel) handleSSHChannel(ch ssh.NewChannel) {
+	var dst net.Conn
+	var err error
+
 	if !t.Config.Outbound {
 		t.Debugf("Denied outbound connection")
 		ch.Reject(ssh.Prohibited, "Denied outbound connection")
@@ -41,11 +44,21 @@ func (t *Tunnel) handleSSHChannel(ch ssh.NewChannel) {
 	hostPort, proto := settings.L4Proto(remote)
 	udp := proto == "udp"
 	socks := hostPort == "socks"
+	tcp := !(udp || socks)
 	if socks && t.socksServer == nil {
 		t.Debugf("Denied socks request, please enable socks")
 		ch.Reject(ssh.Prohibited, "SOCKS5 is not enabled")
 		return
 	}
+	if tcp {
+		dst, err = net.Dial("tcp", hostPort)
+		if err != nil {
+			msg := fmt.Sprintf("Failed to connect to %s: %s", hostPort, err)
+			t.Debugf(msg)
+			ch.Reject(ssh.ConnectionFailed, msg)
+			return
+		}
+	}
 	sshChan, reqs, err := ch.Accept()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Debugf("Failed to accept stream: %s", err)
@@ -64,7 +77,7 @@ func (t *Tunnel) handleSSHChannel(ch ssh.NewChannel) {
 	} else if udp {
 		err = t.handleUDP(l, stream, hostPort)
 	} else {
-		err = t.handleTCP(l, stream, hostPort)
+		err = t.handleTCP(l, stream, dst)
 	}
 	t.connStats.Close()
 	errmsg := ""
@@ -78,11 +91,9 @@ func (t *Tunnel) handleSocks(src io.ReadWriteCloser) error {
 	return t.socksServer.ServeConn(cnet.NewRWCConn(src))
 }
 
-func (t *Tunnel) handleTCP(l *cio.Logger, src io.ReadWriteCloser, hostPort string) error {
-	dst, err := net.Dial("tcp", hostPort)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+func (t *Tunnel) handleTCP(l *cio.Logger, src, dst io.ReadWriteCloser) error {
+	// No need to do it in Pipe() when CloseWrite() is used
+	defer dst.Close()
 	s, r := cio.Pipe(src, dst)
 	l.Debugf("sent %s received %s", sizestr.ToString(s), sizestr.ToString(r))
 	return nil