From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 13 04:17:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 18ED816A400 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 04:17:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brian@visionn.com) Received: from www.intelligentimagination.com (intelligentimagination.com [140.99.16.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCCC543D4C for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 04:17:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brian@visionn.com) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (ip70-162-110-42.ph.ph.cox.net [70.162.110.42]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by www.intelligentimagination.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EBA96782D for ; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 21:24:03 -0700 (MST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) 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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Brian Ross Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 21:17:36 -0700 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) Subject: Re: connection reset by peer from one location but not another X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 04:17:38 -0000 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