*nod* So it appears to be out of my hands, other than setting up the keepalives.... Thanks alot for your help, I really appreciate it. -Jeremy --- Mike Klinke <lsomike@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Saturday 07 February 2004 00:28, Jeremy wrote: > > Ok, I'm at home now, and i tried telneting in from another computer > > on the network.... It works fine. No disconnects. > > > > I'm using Road-Runner (Cable modem) to connect to the internet, the > > linux PC in question is the router (2 NIC cards, one to cable > > modem, other to LAN). > > > > Is it possible the cable modem is the cause? I don't understand > > what could be wrong. > > > > -Jeremy > > > > I don't know what kind of equipment you have either at home or work > but it seems there are some routers that will give you the exact > symptoms you are seeing. For example, here is a conversation I ran > accross where someone else is having what seems to be the same > problem as you: > > Regards, Mike Klinke > > > ============Begin of Original Message ============ > > I have just connected my new DI-764. > > All seems fine, except my SSH sessions now get disconnected after 10 > or so minutes of inactivity (SSH is like an encrypted version of > Telnet) > > Prior to using the DI-764, I was using a switch connected to a PC > running windows 2000 'internet connection sharing' and had no > problems (idle sessions > never timed out). > > =========================== > > From: <ustechs@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Case ID: PTS959026 > Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 09:33:22 -0700 > > Dear Chris, > > Products: DI-764 > Operating System: Windows XP Pro > > With our routers, idle sessions on any ports are dropped to free up > resources for other connections that are active. To keep your SSH > connection open you > should configure your client to send some sort of keep alive so that > there is always traffic going through the connection. > > Thank you for networking with D-Link. > > Sincerely, > Matt > D-Link Technical Support > > ============================ > > > > -- > 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