On Mon, 26 Oct 2015, John R Pierce wrote: > On 10/26/2015 10:28 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote: >> >> All too often, my ssh session will freeze. >> I'm fairly certain the problem is at my end. >> None of the tilde commands work. >> In particular, ~# and ~. are nonfunctional. >> I can write to ssh's terminal window from another terminal window. >> If I kill the ssh process, I can ssh in again. >> The next time it happens, >> I will try another ssh session without killing the first one. >> dmesg did not show me anything interesting. >> >> Any suggestions on how to diagnose? > > what OS/version are you ssh'ing from? what version of ssh is installed on > this? [1] openssh-clients-5.3p1-111.el6.x86_64 > what OS/version are you ssh'ing to? what version of sshd is installed on > this? [2] rpm not installed uname -a Linux mail 2.6.24-28-generic #1 SMP Fri Feb 11 17:36:45 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux mail.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu is not controlled by me. > what network media is between these two hosts? anything out of the ordinary > in the setup? Ethernet connection to CenturyLink router/DSL-modem. I hadn't thought to check for anything interesting on the router. I'll do that the next time it happens. -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number, a haiku, a gang sign, a heiroglyph, and the blood of a virgin." -- someeecards