Are you sure that the SSH part of the system is the problem - when you find that it has stopped working, can you check the server machine to verify that both SSH and VNC Server are running?
Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 December 2004 18:43 To: John Aldrich; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RE: openssh - connection reset by peer would that make the SSH server die - not having the keepalive option set? if i were at home and tried to SSH (using putty or psftp) i would get the same errors from another computer on my home LAN. if i went into services and tried to stop/start openssh, i would get some error. if i rebooted the machine all would be well...for a while. the server and the DSL router are both up though, b/c i can still get to the webserver using a browser. just can't SSH until the system is rebooted. i don't like this unstability of openssh... > > From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/12/10 Fri PM 12:55:51 EST > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: openssh - connection reset by peer > > Try using the "keep alive" option and send a "keepalive" packet every > few minutes (say 5 minutes or so.) I used to have that problem until I > enabled the "keepalive" packet. I think it may be my router settings > at home causing the DSL connection to be shut down. I can always > reconnect, but it's a pain to have to do that... so I have PuTTY set > to send a keepalive packet every 300 seconds or 5 minutes. > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 12:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: openssh - connection reset by peer > > > anyone get this? i'm running openssh on windows server 2003 with all > patches. pretty much a standard install of openssh (i'm running it on > port 443 but had the same error when running it on port 22). i've > connected several times from work today with no problems. vnc'd > through it and all was good. now, the most recent time i tried to > connect i get "Network > error: Software caused connection abort" when using putty and "Fatal: > Network error: Connection reset by peer" when using psftp. no changes have > been made on either end. it just worked several times throughout the day > and then it decided to not work. anyone have any instances of openssh just > stop working? i know if i go home and reboot the server it'll start working > again for some random amount of time. > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
