Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 20:42:08 -0800 From: Bill Campbell <freebsd@celestial.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: connection reset by peer from one location but not another Message-ID: <20060310044208.GA19760@alexis.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <311AACD2-C64F-40BF-8CDA-A5624AFA79B0@visionn.com> References: <311AACD2-C64F-40BF-8CDA-A5624AFA79B0@visionn.com>
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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: bill@Celestial.COM 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.
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