[NBLUG/talk] ssh behind NAT

[augie]

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Steve wrote:
> I just put my home network behind a NAT Box (Linksys WiFI
> switch/router) and now my ssh clients if left open die.
> I only read mail in my linux shell, so I like to keep my ssh session
> open all day and in my mail client (Mutt), but seems after an hour or
> so (not really sure how long) I come back and I'm disconnected.
> This is not a shell time out, the connection just goes away.  I read
> somewhere that this does happen when behind a NAT box, and I thought I
> read about a fix for it, but I do not remember what it is, anyone
> know?

i connect to the sonic shell behind a linksys router doing NAT all day,
and it works fine for me. i agree with the others it sounds more like a
client side issue, and not the NAT box, or the servers.

augie.


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