Nazdar Boris, Try starting up sshd process in foreground and verbose debug mode on another port (at the server end, not on port 22). Then from the client ssh into the server's IP/New-Port and watch the server's sshd debug messages, see if they reveal more info about what the connection was doing @ the time of the disconnect... > On Tuesday, May 06, 2008, at 12:30PM, "boris brinza" <boris.brinza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>Hello, >> >>I have strange problems with connecting to remote machine running suse >>enterprise 9.0 sp3 using ssh >> >>After server is restarted, everything works fine. >>Then, after 5-6 days, sshd starts to drop incoming connections. >>Server has IP from private network range, i connect to router with >>public IP, port 222, which is then forwarded to my server (port 22) >>Sometimes, ssh starts to work, but 10 minutes later, again, connections >>are refused. >> >>Here is log i've got at client side: >> >>hts-fw:~# ssh xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -p 222 -vvv >>OpenSSH_4.3p2 Debian-9, OpenSSL 0.9.8c 05 Sep 2006 >>debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config >>debug1: Applying options for * >>debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0 >>Connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] port 222. >>debug1: Connection established. >>debug1: permanently_set_uid: 0/0 >>debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/identity type -1 >>debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_rsa type -1 >>debug1: identity file /root/.ssh/id_dsa type -1 >>ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host >> >>Have anyone anything, that can help? >>Tahnks in advance >> >>Boris >> >>-- >>HT Solution s.r.o. >>Slávi?ie údolie 104 >>811 02 Bratislava >>tel: +421 (2) 3500 2512 >>mob: +421 903 602 126 >>web: www.htsolution.sk -- _________________________________/ sengork.blogspot.com /¯¯¯¯