I'm looking for some direction on a funny issue here. There is a system running Debian testing which I want to be able to have log onto my own desktop, with a connection that persists, and does not time out. But the system I am talking about drops its connection if it remains idle for a time. It drops the connection whether it is an ssh connection or a telnet connection. When I initiate a connection from my own system to another host, I have no problem letting the connection remain idle for hours, it is still alive when I need it. But when the connection comes to me from the Debian Etch host, it will drop out if it remains idle, whether that connection is ssh or telnet. It has to be used to remain alive. Where do I begin to look for the problem here? Is there a network configuration I need to tweak? I am using the ssh option TCPKeepAlive, but on the telnet side, I find no discussion of persistent connections in the telnet docs. Any clues much appreciated. Chuck -- The Moon is Waning Gibbous (88% of Full) But you can get a few downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh
