Re: ssh & sftp terminal timeout

[Alan Cox <alan lxorguk ukuu org uk>]

On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:23:55 +1000
Tony Crouch <acrouch2 une edu au> wrote:

> Hi All, 
> I noticed of late my ssh & sftp connections have been timing out very
> quickly. If I leave my machine (or do not use the ssh connection) for
> even 10 minutes the connection will timeout and I will have to close the
> window and re-connect.

Sounds like some kind of NAT or connection tracking firewall between your
two end points which has been set up with poorly chosen timeouts on those
ports.

Alan