Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 08:36:57 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Rishi Chopra <rchopra@cal.berkeley.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting Cut-Off Message-ID: <4049D3F9.9020604@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <40496C83.80605@cal.berkeley.edu> References: <40496C83.80605@cal.berkeley.edu>
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Rishi Chopra wrote: > I connect to the FreeBSD machine via SSH, and use secure file transfer > to upload/download from the machine. > > In the last week, the FreeBSD machine has dropped my connection on 3 > seperate occasions. I'll queue up some work and leave the machine > unattended, only to return at a later time and find that the connection > has been closed. Is sshd configured with the "KeepAlive" option set? Does netstat -i or -s report any errors? Maybe you have a flaky cable? Do you have any packet-filtering or NAT translation involved on one of the two hosts? [ Your description of the setup suggests no, but the behavior you describe can happen if one were using a (busy and/or dumb) stateful firewall... ] -- -Chuck
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