reassign 458154 installation-guide retitle 458154 Document how to avoid dropped network-console connections thanks
On Monday 07 January 2008, Colin Watson wrote: > I agree that documenting this is the best approach. Thanks for the info Colin. Would the following text be OK for the installation guide (to be added as a note in the network-console section)? <snip> The <command>ssh</command> server in the installer uses a default configuration that does not have a timeout set. This means that in principle a connection to the system being installed should be kept open indefinitely. However, in some cases — depending on your local network setup — the connection may be lost after some period of inactivity. Depending on at which point of the installation the connection was lost, you may or may not be able to resume the installation after reconnecting. </para><para> You may be able to avoid the connection being dropped by adding the option <userinput>-o ServerAliveInterval=<replaceable>value</replaceable></userinput> when starting the <command>ssh</command> connection, or by adding that option in your <command>ssh</command> configuration. Note however that in some cases adding this option may also <emphasis>cause</emphasis> a connection to be dropped, so it should only be used when needed. </snip>
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