[X4U] ssh connection hangs terminal

[David Ledger]

>From: John Masters <johnmasters at me.com>
>I have a VPS which I admin via ssh using ssh keys. When I ran Linux I
>would ssh-add the key, connect to the server and it would stay
>connected for weeks without problems. Could keep a term open for Mutt
>to read mail without a worry.
>Connecting to the same server from my iMac things get a little flakey.
>If the connection is left open for any length of time (I haven't yet
>determined how long but it is less than 2 hours) the connection is
>lost, but worse, the terminal hangs. No response to keyboard. I can
>close the terminal and reopen but I then have to redo my ssh-add.
>Following on from that, assuming I can find a cure, how can I keep the
>session alive if I sleep my Mac? Do I set the ServerAliveCountMax in
>ssh_config to infinity or set the ServerAliveInterval to some huge
>number of seconds?

One of my ISPs allows ssh access and I can stay connected for days on 
end (17" G4 PB and Intel mini, both running latest Leopard). 
Connections survive sleep. Not done anything special that I'm aware 
of. Maybe the other end is ignoring an inactive connection but not 
closing it - hence the hang.

David


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