telnet/ssh disconnects... Possible NAT teardown?

[Jeremy]

*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 at futzin.com> 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 at dlink.com>
> 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
> 
> ============================
> 
> 
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