SSH time outs.

[Derek Atkins]

Assuming the Linksys BEFSR41 is a NAT gateway, you could be running
into NAT timeout problems, where the Linksys destroys the NAT state
after an idle timeout.  With Linux you can easily adjust this timeout.
I have no idea how to adjust it on a Linksys.

-derek

Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> writes:

> Lately, my SSH connection to the BLU server is being knocked down after a 
> relatively short period of time (a few minutes of idle time).
> I am using OpenSSH 2.1.1p1-1, and BLU is using sshd 2.0.13.
> 
> Up until last night it was being knocked down after hours of idle time. 
> To further complicate trying to figure this I added a Linksys BEFSR41 a 
> couple of weeks ago. If I recall SSH was being knocked down overnight 
> before I added the Linksys, so I suspect that there is a parameter in the 
> version of openssh that I am using. Anyhow, just a minor pain since the 
> reconnect is a simple procedure.
> -- 
> Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
> Boston Linux and Unix user group
> http://www.blu.org
> 
> 
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