[lug] Idle connections on Mandrake

[Atkinson, Chip]

Hmmm.. No, not masquerading, but I am using DHCP.  Think that could be the
problem?  I haven't actually started timing the interval though.  That's
probably next.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Deck [mailto:deckm at cleansoft.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 4:18 PM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: Re: [lug] Idle connections on Mandrake
> 
> 
> At 03:44 PM 4/30/01 -0600, you wrote:
> >Greetings,
> >
> >I just installed Mandrake 8.0 on a machine and notice that 
> if I connect to
> >the machine that the connection appears to timeout and I lose that
> >connection.  I'm using ssh to connect.  When connecting to a 
> RedHat 6.2
> >machine, the connection stays open just fine, so it's not 
> the network or ssh
> >client.  Any ideas where to start looking?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Chip
> 
> Is the timeout happening on a suspiciously even number of 
> minutes (30 or 
> 60)? Is the server masquerading? I spent many days trying to 
> track down a 
> timeout that turned out to be in masquerading. By default, I 
> believe the 
> masquerade mapping times out after 60 minutes.
> 
> -Mike
> 
> 
> 
> Michael Deck
> Cleanroom Software Engineering, Inc.   
> 
> 
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