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Date:      Tue, 28 May 2019 13:37:31 +0100
From:      RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ssh timeout question
Message-ID:  <20190528133731.4f86f4b3@gumby.homeunix.com>
In-Reply-To: <8daaed74-b18c-7b3d-12ff-baa76f894bfc@tridentusa.com>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1905271212240.61593@bucksport.safeport.com> <8daaed74-b18c-7b3d-12ff-baa76f894bfc@tridentusa.com>

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On Tue, 28 May 2019 07:37:36 -0400
John Johnstone wrote:


> It's very common for HTTP connections between web browsers and
> servers to also go idle before they are explicitly closed.  This
> results in the states being removed prematurely by the router.  This
> isn't noticed by the user though since the browser just opens a new
> connection to the server.
> 
> My guess would be that DHCP or number of active connections are not a 
> factor in your case.

I doubt it's to do with timing out an idle connection since pine is
polling for new mail ever 150s. 



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