[NBLUG/talk] ssh behind NAT

[Warren Raquel]

I'm behind a homebrewed NAT firewall running RH7.3. I haven't noticed 
any problems in the last year.

Dave Rohling wrote:
> It seems to me to be OS related, and not router-related. Does anyone notice
> a problem if they connect to a machine that is not behind a firewall or NAT?
> 
> - Dave 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk-admin at nblug.org [mailto:talk-admin at nblug.org] On Behalf Of Steve
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:38 AM
> To: talk at nblug.org
> Subject: [NBLUG/talk] ssh behind NAT
> 
> 
> I just put my home network behind a NAT Box (Linksys WiFI
> switch/router) and now my ssh clients if left open die.
> 
> I only read mail in my linux shell, so I like to keep my ssh session open
> all day and in my mail client (Mutt), but seems after an hour or so (not
> really sure how long) I come back and I'm disconnected.
> 
> This is not a shell time out, the connection just goes away.  I read
> somewhere that this does happen when behind a NAT box, and I thought I read
> about a fix for it, but I do not remember what it is, anyone know?
> 
> 
> -Steve
> 

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