SSH terminal locking up from OS X to FreeBSD

[Chuck Swiger]

Jim Freeze wrote:
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>  For this example, yes. That was the exit to leave the remote host. 
>  I did this just to show that I had successfully logged in. If I 
>  had waited a few minutes, then I would not have been able to show 
>  that because the terminal would have locked up.

Show us what SSH shows when the connection locks up.  In particular, try doing 
a "<RETURN>~?" after you get the connection lockup and see whether you get a 
menu of escape sequences back.

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-Chuck