ssh timeout question

[doug]

On Fri, 31 May 2019, John Johnstone wrote:

> On 5/28/19 3:00 PM, @lbutlr wrote:
>> On 28 May 2019, at 05:37, John Johnstone 
>> <jjohnstone.nospamfreebsd at tridentusa.com> wrote:
>>> I also now have a Verizon G1100.  I still have my .ssh/config file with 
>>> ServerAliveInterval set to 30 and I'm able to maintain ssh sessions for 
>>> many hours as long as the laptop is not set to sleep.
>> 
>> It's not a bad idea to at least test this, but I do not have ~/.ssh/config 
>> at all and my Mac maintains a ssh connection for weeks at a time. 
>> Basically, unless I reboot my FreeBSD server or reboot my Mac, the 
>> connection stays up.
>
> I put the ServerAliveInterval in place a long time ago and didn't test the 
> need for it after that.  I removed it and yes, connections are staying up 
> without it.  Packet monitoring shows TCP Keep-Alives are being sent every 2 
> hours.

It's hard to talk about this without naming names. With Verizon and a router
model. For me no connection is timed out using model Fios-G1100 unless the
connection is running pine. In this case the connect is timed out, usually
within 3 hours. I have not tried all the remedies suggested here as the work
demand >> irritant level. I will eventually do this and report back.