[wellylug] SSH timeouts (again).

[Cliff Pratt]

Still getting the ssh timeouts on RedHat, but not in a 
parallel situation with Debian.

Someone mentioned earlier that there is a fixed session 
timeout (for TCP/IP?) and that the answer was to set the ssh 
client to send keepalives at periods less than the timeout.

Where is the TCP/IP timeout (if that is what it is) set? If 
I set the client to send keepalives at intervals under the 
timeout what happens when the number of keepalives is reached?

Say the TCP/IP timeout is set to 5 mins (300 seconds). If I 
set the keepalive interval to 60 seconds and the number to 
5, what happens after 5 keepalives have been sent? What 
kicks off the cycle again?

There is obviously something that I'm missing here.....

Cheers,

Cliff