From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 3 08:04:07 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D9AC16A4CE for ; Fri, 3 Dec 2004 08:04:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from manor.msen.com (manor.msen.com [148.59.4.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 244B343D1F for ; Fri, 3 Dec 2004 08:04:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wayne@manor.msen.com) Received: from manor.msen.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by manor.msen.com (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iB3845O7039665 for ; Fri, 3 Dec 2004 03:04:06 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wayne@manor.msen.com) Message-Id: <200412030804.iB3845O7039665@manor.msen.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: "Michael R. Wayne" Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 03:04:05 -0500 Sender: wayne@manor.msen.com Subject: 130 minute telnet timeout? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 08:04:07 -0000 Trying to use a portmaster as a reverse console server. If I do date ; telnet portmaster ; date and connect to a port, the connection stays up for 2 hours and 10 minutes, then gets Connection closed by foreign host. Given this, I suspected the portmaster. But other people do not see the problem. Today, I tried a telnet from a Windows box and it stayed up for over 4 hours (at which point I killed it). So, this suggests that FreeBSD 4.x is doing something. A quick browse through the source code for telnet does not suggest anything. Any ideas? There is no NAT involved. /\/\ \/\/