We have similar issue but with the same version on both sides.
The checks actually works (it seems), but generates a lot of these errors shown below.
### On a server being checked ###
# Installed packages: nagios-nrpe-server/focal,focal,now 4.0.0-2ubuntu1 amd64 [installed]
# Output from syslog: 2021-09-30 15:50:22 INFO: SSL Socket Shutdown. 2021-09-30 15:50:22 Could not read request from client *IP*, bailing out... 2021-09-30 15:50:22 Error: (use_ssl == true): Request packet version was invalid!
### On the monitor server ###
# Installed packages: nagios-nrpe-plugin/focal,now 4.0.0-2ubuntu1 amd64 [installed] nagios-nrpe-server/focal,now 4.0.0-2ubuntu1 amd64 [installed]
# Output from syslog: 2021-09-30 15:50:22 Remote *IP* does not support version 3/4 packets
We have similar issue but with the same version on both sides.
The checks actually works (it seems), but generates a lot of these errors shown below.
### On a server being checked ###
# Installed packages: nrpe-server/ focal,focal, now 4.0.0-2ubuntu1 amd64 [installed]
nagios-
# Output from syslog:
2021-09-30 15:50:22 INFO: SSL Socket Shutdown.
2021-09-30 15:50:22 Could not read request from client *IP*, bailing out...
2021-09-30 15:50:22 Error: (use_ssl == true): Request packet version was invalid!
### On the monitor server ###
# Installed packages: nrpe-plugin/ focal,now 4.0.0-2ubuntu1 amd64 [installed] nrpe-server/ focal,now 4.0.0-2ubuntu1 amd64 [installed]
nagios-
nagios-
# Output from syslog:
2021-09-30 15:50:22 Remote *IP* does not support version 3/4 packets