Dropping SSH connections over the internet

[Derek Broughton]

Alex Janssen wrote:

> I regularly connect from home to a Linux box hidden behind a router at
> work via SSH.  Most times it is reliable. Other times the connection
> just stops.  I guess my packets just stop getting to the server.  I can
> logon immediately with another shell, so the server appears to be ok.

ssh will generally drop inactive connections - there's a keepalive option.
-- 
derek