I've just turned KeepAlive on in the ssh config. Let's see if that
helps. I had been assuming it was an issue at the other end because I
knew that people had been playing around with the server.

Alistair

Juha Saarinen wrote:
>
> No, unfortunately. I think (but I'm not sure) that the NAT in the MW1122 simply drops inactive connections after a while.
>
> -- Juha
>
> %-> -----Original Message-----
> %-> From: alambie@postofc.csd.sgi.com [mailto:alambie@postofc.csd.sgi.com]On
> %-> Behalf Of Alistair Lambie
> %-> Sent: Monday, 11 December 2000 4:34 p.m.
> %-> To: Juha Saarinen
> %-> Cc: Aaron Martin; adsl@unixathome.org
> %-> Subject: Re: PPPoSSH Problems
> %->
> %->
> %-> I use ssh forwarding (not PPPoSSH though) and I have noticed that if I
> %-> am inactive for a while the ssh session seems to hang. Is there any way
> %-> of monitoring this on the M1122? The log doesn't show anything.
> %->
> %-> Alistair
> %->
> %-> Juha Saarinen wrote:
> %-> >
> %-> > I think the problem is the MW1122. When I use that, ssh
> %-> sessions "freeze" and time out eventually (after a couple of
> %-> hours, haven't timed it). With the Cisco 827, they stay up for weeks...
> %-> >
> %-> > -- Juha
> %-> >
> %-> > %-> -----Original Message-----
> %-> > %-> From: owner-adsl@unixathome.org
> %-> [mailto:owner-adsl@unixathome.org]On
> %-> > %-> Behalf Of Aaron Martin
> %-> > %-> Sent: Monday, 11 December 2000 3:30 p.m.
> %-> > %-> To: 'adsl@unixathome.org'
> %-> > %-> Subject: PPPoSSH Problems
> %-> > %->
> %-> > %->
> %-> > %-> I have a PPPoSSH VPN running between two linux machines, one
> %-> > %-> behind an M11
> %-> > %-> and the other behind an MW1122. I can create the connection
> %-> > %-> fine, and last
> %-> > %-> week the link stayed up the whole week with no problems.
> %-> > %->
> %-> > %-> However this week every hour or so the link seems to just
> %-> > %-> freeze, both ends
> %-> > %-> think the ppp session is still active, however I can't ping
> %-> > %-> either end from
> %-> > %-> the other.
> %-> > %->
> %-> > %-> Has any got any ideas? I haven't changed anything so I don't
> %-> > %-> know why it is
> %-> > %-> now doing this!
> %-> > %->
> %-> > %-> Regards,
> %-> > %->
> %-> > %-> Aaron Martin
> %-> > %->
> %-> > %->
> %->

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