ssh session timing out

[Kipton Moravec]

On Thu, 2009-11-26 at 14:39 +0100, matteo filippetto wrote:
> 2009/11/26 Kipton Moravec <kip at kdream.com>:
> > I have a weird situation that I do not understand.
> >
> > I have a computer running a custom java program that echos certain data
> > to a port. The computer is located about 7 miles away in a not easily
> > accessible location. It is running Xubuntu and is a 450 MHz computer
> > with 384 MB RAM.
> >
> > On my home Ubuntu computer I open a terminal window, ssh to the remote
> > computer and log in. Then I "telnet localhost 14508" to see the echo of
> > the data I am interested in. It spits out a line from once in 3 seconds
> > to once in 30 minutes.
> >
> > This works great on my main Ubuntu 8.04 computer with 2.4 GHz processor
> > and 1.5 GB RAM running.  It will monitor the data for days.
> >
> > However, when I use an old 450 MHz Pentium computer with 256MB running
> > Ubuntu 8.04 it works for an hour or two, then it says:
> >
> > "Read from Remote host ... Connection reset from peer
> > Connection to ... closed"
> >
> > and it drops the ssh session.
> >
> > I have another old similarly configured computer at home that has the
> > same problem.
> >
> > What is happening? How do I fix it?
> >
> > I am guessing the old computer is taking too long to respond to some
> > type of handshaking and it drops the connection. If that is the case is
> > there a parameter I can set to make the timeout a little longer?
> >
> > Kip
> >
> >
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> 
> Maybe this link can help you
> 
> http://ocaoimh.ie/89494277/how-to-fix-ssh-timeout-problems/
> 
> Best regards
> 

That sounds like the problem. I am testing it now. Thanks.

Kip


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Kipton Moravec AE5IB .- . ..... .. -...

"Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest."
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