Chris Buechler wrote:
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Paul Cockings <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello list,
I have an annoyance that is driving me bonkers. I have a Windows XP client,
a pfsense 1.2.2 configured as a transparent firewall, development webserver
(FreeBSD 7.2)
When I using SSH (Putty) or MySQL (SQLyog) to the webserver after a short
time the connection 'freezes'/'drops'. In putty i can cure this by adding
keep alive = 5 seconds. In SQLyog i'm not sure the option exists.
I think the problem is caused the pfsense box.
I'd be grateful of any ideas on how I might cure the 'dropped sessions'
preferably by changing something with the pfsense box rather then finding
way to do more keep alives.
Increase state timeouts, either per-rule or globally, but don't go
overboard. You shouldn't rely on inactive TCP connections staying open
for a long period ( > 1 day at most) regardless of what's between the
hosts.
I've tried setting System>Advanced>Firewall Optimization
Options:conservative as per suggestion from db (thanks)
I've also set the advanced options in the rule (Ben F) (thanks)
I can't see the option for setting the state timeout globally - Any
pointers?
Also, just out of curiously, what's the default state timeout?
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