On 5/18/06, Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Carl Lowenstein wrote:
> Frequently I log in by ssh to a remote computer. If I don't keep
> using the connection, after a few minutes I get the message
> " Read from remote host deeptow: Connection reset by peer
> Connection to deeptow closed."
Are you going through a nat box? I bet your nat box has an idle timer so
that if no traffic passes on the connection the nat table entry is
removed to make way for others. Try leaving top or something running to
keep some traffic on the link and I bet it won't drop. You may have to
go into your nat box and change the timeout setting. If it some consumer
grade nat box that doesn't leak you tweak such settings you may have to
find another one.
The answer is a definite maybe. I am using a Netgear WGR614.
According to the documentation, it has an idle timeout which can be
configured through the internal web page setup screens. But this is
used only in the case of "manual connection."
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Connect Automatically, as Required
Normally, this option should be Enabled, An Internet connection will
be made automatically after each timeout, whenever Internet-bound
traffic is detected. This provides connection on demand and is
potentially cost-saving.
If disabled, you must connect manually, using the "Connection Status"
button on the Router Status screen. This manual connection will stay
up all the time without timeouts.
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A short experiment, disabling "connect automatically" caused some
things to stop working, such as Azureus bit-torrent. I don't fully
understand the interaction of some of these options. The idle timeout
configuration option is part of the Manual Connection screen, and not
available for Connect Automatically.
carl
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