On Thu, Mar 09, 2006, Brian Ross wrote: >I'm getting a "connection reset by peer" disconnect after about 10 >minutes (or less) when I SSH to my 5.4-STABLE server from my home >connection (cable DHCP), but I can stay connected all day long from >work (DSL DHCP). I couldn't find any mention of connection reset by >peer in the list archive, so I was wondering what I could monitor >(running SSH in verbose mode doesn't tell me much) to find where I'm >actually getting booted off from. Since it only happens with one >connection, I'm thinking it isn't my actual server that's causing the >reset. But I do not know what log file to monitor in order to >investigate further.
My guess is that your connection to the remote machine is via a NAT (Masquerading) connection, and there's no activity on the connection. Running something like top when you're not actively using the connection will probably prevent the timeout. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 The day-to-day travails of the IBM programmer are so amusing to most of us who are fortunate enough never to have been one -- like watching Charlie Chaplin trying to cook a shoe. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
