[mdlug] Mint 6, SSH and disconnects

[Aaron Kulkis]

Raymond McLaughlin wrote:
> From what you've said it's not clear if this is an ssh issue, or if your
> internet connection dropping. If it is the later we need to consider who
> your ISP is, and what type of service you have, DSL or cable etc.
> 
> Brandon wrote:
>> I read that over and it sounds close but Putty already sends a 
>> keep-alive packet every 360 seconds by default.  I set it to 300 just in 
>> case but I'm still trying to figure out why my home computer drops it's 
>> network connection.  This seems to have something to do with SSH but I 
>> don't understand how.  Before I was connecting from work I never saw 
>> this behavior.
>>

On that line of thinking, open up two command consoles.
one should be
ping  www.google.com	(or yahoo, or some other reliable site)

and the other
ping where.you.are.sshing.to  (use the host name or IP address)


When SSH drops out, take a look at your two ping consoles.

has either one stopped scrolling and/or does either one
recently have missing sequence numbers?

Doing this will confirm/isolate/deny network connectivity problems
to being your ISP (both pings drop packets), your work place (ssh
target drops ping packets, but the other doesn't), or a problem
with SSH (neither one drops packets).