Keeping a SSH client's connection alive

[aballant]

Hi,

I understand that there is a config setting for SSH, which can 'KeepAlive' a connection, that is will send dummy messages periodically to stop a firewall closing the TCP connection. But this only works if the Server has the same setting.

Does any one know a simple method to keep the connection "active"

cheers,
Andrew

 

[Annihilannic]

You could try a fudge like this

[tt]while sleep 300 ; do echo ".\b\c" ; done &[/tt]

Which would echo a character to your terminal and then backspace it every five minutes. There's probably a neater solution though...

Annihilannic.

 

[aballant]

Thanks, this works beautifully.

cheers,
Andrew