diff --git a/tests/test_link.py b/tests/test_link.py
index b43a2eb..116b46b 100644
--- a/tests/test_link.py
+++ b/tests/test_link.py
@@ -344,6 +344,15 @@ class Connecting(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(self.link.snapshot()["phase"], "connected")
             self.assertEqual(self.link.named_route(), ("frame-bare", pinned))  # terminals go there too
 
+    def test_a_set_up_headset_behind_a_jump_host_is_left_to_ssh(self):
+        d = self.device("10.99.99.98", "10.99.99.99")  # neither answers directly
+        self.hosts({"10.99.99.98": "wrong", "10.99.99.99": "ok"})
+        with mock.patch.object(fl, "ssh_g", return_value=("frame-t", 22, "steamos", True)):
+            self.link.connect(["start"])
+        s = self.link.snapshot()
+        self.assertEqual((s["phase"], s["via"]["host"]), ("connected", "10.99.99.99"), s["error"])
+        self.assertIn(f"HostKeyAlias=frame-control-{d['id']}", self.routes[-1][1])  # still pinned per headset
+
     def test_a_bare_alias_behind_a_jump_host_is_left_to_ssh(self):
         self.link.override = "frame-jump"
         self.hosts({"10.99.99.99": "ok"})  # ssh's ProxyJump would get there
diff --git a/ui/frame_link.py b/ui/frame_link.py
index 664dd42..f13c86a 100644
--- a/ui/frame_link.py
+++ b/ui/frame_link.py
@@ -584,6 +584,31 @@ class Link:
             ranked = [(a, "from ~/.ssh/config")]
         else:
             ranked = frame_devices.order_addresses(device["addresses"], net.get("id"), bool(ts.get("up")))
+            if ssh_g(device["alias"])[3]:
+                # ~/.ssh/config sends this alias through a jump host: a direct probe says
+                # nothing, so let ssh (through the jump host) try each address in turn.
+                with self.cond:
+                    self.state["probes"] = [dict(a, why=why, state="waiting", detail="Through a jump host", ip=None,
+                                                 rtt_ms=None, label=a.get("label") or "") for a, why in ranked]
+                self.stage("find", "done", f"{device['alias']} goes through a jump host; ssh finds it")
+                for i, (a, why) in enumerate(ranked):
+                    if i:
+                        for sid in ("ssh", "identity", "login"):
+                            self.stage(sid, "pending", "")
+                    outcome = self.handshake(device, a, {"ip": None, "rtt_ms": None}, device.get("user"))
+                    if outcome == "ok":
+                        self.probe_update(i, state="answered", detail="Reached through the jump host")
+                        self.publish(via={"host": a["host"], "kind": a["kind"], "ip": None, "rtt_ms": None,
+                                          "why": "through a jump host", "network": net.get("id"),
+                                          "network_name": net["name"]})
+                        self.learn(device, a["host"], net, None)
+                        return True
+                    with self.cond:
+                        why_not = (self.state["error"] or {}).get("message") or "SSH failed"
+                    self.probe_update(i, state="sshfailed", detail=why_not)
+                    if outcome != "next":
+                        return False
+                return False
         with self.cond:
             self.state["probes"] = [{"host": a["host"], "kind": a["kind"], "label": a.get("label") or "",
                                      "why": why, "state": "waiting", "detail": "Waiting", "ip": None,
diff --git a/ui/index.html b/ui/index.html
index 23dace1..5492f8a 100644
--- a/ui/index.html
+++ b/ui/index.html
@@ -2677,7 +2677,11 @@ async function useDevice(id) {
   const d = dv.list.find(x => x.id === id);
   if (!d || d.active) return;
   devGen++;  // from here on, answers about the last headset are dropped
-  await act(`Switch to ${d.name}`, () => api("/api/devices", { action: "use", id }));
+  const res = await act(`Switch to ${d.name}`, () => api("/api/devices", { action: "use", id }));
+  if (!res) {  // refused (an install is running): show the headset still in use
+    const current = dv.list.find(x => x.active);
+    if (current) $("devSel").value = current.id;
+  }
 }
 async function devAction(label, body, btn) {
   const res = await act(label, () => api("/api/devices", body), btn);