Bug#458154: network-console: long time-out time during install
On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 02:58:11PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote:
> reassign 458154 installation-guide
> retitle 458154 Document how to avoid dropped network-console connections
> thanks
>
> On Monday 07 January 2008, Colin Watson wrote:
> > I agree that documenting this is the best approach.
>
> Thanks for the info Colin.
>
> Would the following text be OK for the installation guide (to be added as a
> note in the network-console section)?
>
> <snip>
> The <command>ssh</command> server in the installer uses a default
> configuration that does not have a timeout set.
"keepalive" is not the same thing as "timeout". I would suggest a
phrasing like "(...) that does not send keepalive probes", or something
similar. If I remember correctly from when I worked at an ISP helpdesk,
the word "timeout" is as incomprehensible to the uninitiated as is
"keepalive", so it's probably best to use terminology that is clear to
those who know what it's about.
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