ssh problem

[Matt Johnson]

----- Original Message -----

> From: rikona <rikona at sonic.net>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Cc: 
> Sent: Saturday, 16 June 2012, 1:49
> Subject: ssh problem
> 
> ssh stops working. I initiate the ssh contact in terminal; connects
> reliably. I can ^C to stop it OK. I sometimes get a "broken pipe"
> message, but can reconnect easily from the CLI.
> 
> The problem is sometimes [more often than not] ssh just quits working
> - no message in terminal, and ^C will NOT do anything. Terminal is not
> responding to keyboard input. If I close the terminal window it warns
> me that something is still running and it will stop if I close
> terminal. I usually just close the window and start ssh again in a new
> terminal window.
> 
> What might be happening to ssh? What is the best way to diagnose this?
> Best of all, is there a way to keep this from happening? It has become
> a PITA. Before the last few updates, I do not recall this happening. I
> run 10.04, updated.


I had this last week. Same symptoms. I changed the IP of the machine I was working from and it fixed it for good. I think there were two identical IPs on the network but I'm not certain as I was in a hurry!

Hope that helps.

--
Matt