Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:36:04 +0000 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: connection reset by peer from one location but not another Message-ID: <441164A4.6080809@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <20060310044208.GA19760@alexis.mi.celestial.com> References: <311AACD2-C64F-40BF-8CDA-A5624AFA79B0@visionn.com> <20060310044208.GA19760@alexis.mi.celestial.com>
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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
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