On 7/27/07, Carl Lowenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 7/27/07, Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Earlier today, while I was sitting at my computer, Pidgin threw up an
> > error dialog telling me that the connection had been reset by peer. I
> > don't know what that means. But what got my attention is that I had to
> > do a few clicks to reconnect. So something must not be set for
> > automatic reconnect.
>
> Not sure. But here below is a solution to a similar "connection reset
> by peer" problem. In my case, it was related to ssh.
Large snip of probably irrelevant stuff.
> For what it's worth this has kept my ssh connections up for weeks at a
> time. Your problem with pidgin may be completely different.
I forgot. The actual disconnect was done at my Netgear router, which
decided that it should shut down the connection after a period of
inactivity. This can be fixed at the router by disabling one of its
security features.
Unfortunately all my correspondence with Netgear was archived on their
site, and seems to have disappeared, and I can't remember the details
of their suggested fix.
As I did mention, my fix was to change the configuration of ssh so it
sent a minimal message every 30 seconds, to keep the router from
timing out.
carl
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