Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 21:17:36 -0700 From: Brian Ross <brian@visionn.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: connection reset by peer from one location but not another Message-ID: <A1F6E276-9ACC-4791-B9BD-C37F2651F36F@visionn.com> In-Reply-To: <441164A4.6080809@dial.pipex.com> References: <311AACD2-C64F-40BF-8CDA-A5624AFA79B0@visionn.com> <20060310044208.GA19760@alexis.mi.celestial.com> <441164A4.6080809@dial.pipex.com>
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On Mar 10, 2006, at 4:36 AM, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > Bill Campbell wrote: > >> On Thu, Mar 09, 2006, Brian Ross wrote: >> >>> I'm getting a "connection reset by peer" disconnect after about >>> 10 minutes (or less) when I SSH to my 5.4-STABLE server from my >>> home connection (cable DHCP), but I can stay connected all day >>> long from work (DSL DHCP). I couldn't find any mention of >>> connection reset by peer in the list archive, so I was wondering >>> what I could monitor (running SSH in verbose mode doesn't tell >>> me much) to find where I'm actually getting booted off from. >>> Since it only happens with one connection, I'm thinking it isn't >>> my actual server that's causing the reset. But I do not know >>> what log file to monitor in order to investigate further. >>> >> >> My guess is that your connection to the remote machine is via a >> NAT (Masquerading) connection, and there's no activity on the >> connection. Running something like top when you're not actively >> using the connection will probably prevent the timeout. >> >> > If that's the case then running "ssh -o ServerAliveInterval 60" > would do that. If it works, you can stick the option in your .ssh > config file. > > --Alex Just what I was looking for! Thanks, Brian
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