Re: SSH pauses
Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> writes:
> I notice that when I am logged into my desktop remotely via SSH that I
> get frequent pauses sometimes lasting for up to a half a minute or so.
> Generally it's not too problematic although it is annoying when typing
> an email (I log into my home box to read and send mail so it's all in
> one place).
>
> Is there some way to monitor the connection so that I can see what the
> issue might be? It almost seems as though the connection loses sync in
> some way. While the pauses occur other network functions from the
> laptop seem to work fine. BTW, this seems to occur most frequently over
> Wifi even on my home LAN where a solid signal is available and no other
> machines are sharing the wireless.
You might want to look into the ServerAliveInterval or TCPKeepAlive
options in the ssh and ssh_config manpages to see if they would help the
response. I don't have any ideas about debugging though.
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Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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