Re: keep port alive?

ivo welch wrote:
> Unfortunately, my cable provider [comcast] seems to close open tcp/ip
> ports after about a minute of lack of use. This is not so bad for
> some ports, e.g., for httpd; but it is quite a pain for ssh, sftp,
> smtp, and imap connections. Their port dropper seems to work by port,
> not by host. So, even if I use ssh to the destination, the sftp link
> would expire.
>
> Is there a program that I can run in the background (presumably as su,
> since it would have to intercede in my user's port affairs), which
> sends a ping-like request to any open tcp port with host x, with the
> sole purpose of keeping it alive, but not to interfere with it
> otherwise?
>
> help appreciated.
>
> /iaw

run CIPE VPN between both boxes. The tunnel has keepalives. You can
then route any IP traffic you desire to you through that tunnel.


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"redhat_devel" <spam@spam.org> wrote in message
news:s2g4fb.665.ln@leafnode.linux.adelphia.net...

in /etc/ssh/sshd_config there is an option:

KeepAlive yes

see if this will work. dont' forget to restart the ssh process:

/etc/init.d/sshd restart

ken k