ssh problem

[rikona]

Saturday, June 16, 2012, 3:56:30 AM, Matt wrote:

> ----- 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 think there were two identical IPs on the network but I'm not
> certain as I was in a hurry!

I checked all the IPs - don't seem to have a dup.

> 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 tried it anyway :-) but it didn't seem to help...

> Hope that helps.

It was a good idea and worth a try - thanks!

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 rikona