On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 9:26 PM, Daniel Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
> Slightly off-topic - but...
>
> I've noticed that my "normal" or direct ssh connections from my home
> (Windoze) to my office (Linux) can be subject to instability -
> particularly if I simply leave PuTTY connected and idle for a while at
> some point it will get disconnected. However...if I activate my OpenVPN
> tunnel (standard routed UDP), and then ssh to the office via the VPN - I
> can leave it online for days without interruption. It just works. It's
> so reliable it's boring.
>
> This begs the question - how is OpenVPN providing such apparent superior
> connection quality for ssh compared to a direct connection?
>
Maybe you have keepalives enabled in openvpn but not ssh and they are
keeping your NAT router from timing out an apparently idle connection.
--
Les Mikesell
[email protected]
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