Re: SSH is disconnecting at random



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Amish Rughoonundon wrote:
> Hi,
> I have recently installed Debian sarge on an old machine and usually log
> on using ssh since I don't have a monitor hooked up to the machine. It
> has been working fine for some time but recently, the computer has been
> disconnecting me at random and closing the connection. I initially
> thought putty was faulty but even though I removed the re-keying of
> certificate and added keepalive every 60 seconds, the debian system
> still cuts me off. I tried to ping the machine and the response was fine
> and ftp works okay but I cannot log in using ssh for some time after the
> disconnection. I would really appreciate if anybody could help me since
> I depend on the linux system for my project. Thanks a lot for any
> information.

Check the system logs -- is someone else using the same IP address as
either the Linux box or the client, and causing TCP collisions or resets?

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