--- Mike Klinke <lsomike@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thursday 05 February 2004 16:49, Jeremy wrote: > > Alright, I'm using Fedora Core 1. My box is setup as a router for > > the rest of my network. It has two network cards, one 10 base card > > connected to a cable modem, and another 10/100 connected to my > > network switch. I have iptables setup to do masquerading. > > > > The problem... > > > > Telnet/SSH connections to the machine, from the outside world, > > disconnect after 5-10 minutes of inactivity. For example, I can > > have 3 SSH connections to my box, neglect one window for a few > > minutes, and when I go to that window and start typing, I get a > > message from PuTTY saying I got disconnected. > > > > I've looked extensivly on the net trying to figure out what's wrong > > and how to fix it. I've come across a couple sites saying that > > this could possibly be caused by a 'NAT teardown'. I'm new to > > iptables and NAT, so i'm not exactly sure what this means. I was > > under the impression that NAT timeouts on CONNECTED connections was > > like 5 days of inactivity before it would drop. When I cat > > /proc/net/ip_conntrack, i see my connections, and I see they have > > very high timeouts. > > > > I've looked through the iptables man page, as well as the > > iptables/netfilter website, and i can't find anything relevent to > > this. Does anyone know how I might fix this? > > > > -Jeremy > > > > > Have you tried: > > using an application other than Putty? Yes, same problem > from another machine? Yes, same problem. > connecting in the opposite direction? Yes, this is not a problem with outbound connections, only inbound. > watching the connection via tcpdump? No, I'm not familiar enough with tcpdump's syntax to know what to look for. What command line options should I use? > > These may help to see what's going on. > > Regards, Mike Klinke > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
