Dropping SSH connections over the internet

[Joachim Schrod]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> 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.

TCPKeepAlive (default: yes) is the option that causes the drops. 
It's better be set to no in flaky communication settings. There, 
ServerAliveInterval and ServerAliveCountMax are the options to look 
for.

	Joachim

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