Hi Ben, the only possibility is for you to connect via ssh after connecting to the vpn. The problem lies that ssh uses tcp, which uses sockets: that means a local to the computer port is binded to an ip:port. Once the ip is changed, the socket cannot be used again, as in the case when using a vpn. Cheers, Orlin На Monday 03 November 2008 16:41:30 Ben Kim написа: > Dear list, > > I need to keep a ssh connection open from my windows PC to a linux > workstation for various tasks that can be done better in linux > environment. > > But a couple times a day, from the same windows PC, I also need to remote > desktop into an off-site windows server, using cisco vpn. > > My problem is that as soon as the vpn is connected, my IP changes, and I > lose the ssh connection (because this vpn client disallows "local LAN > access"). I cannot change the vpn client setting. > > Is there a way to let the ssh connection survive the vpn connection? > > > Regards, > > Ben Kim
