Stability? Rarely keep a connection longer than 24 hours

I try to have a standing ssh connection from home (FTTC/37Mbps connection) to my desktop at work, but it rarely survives from one day to the next. All I see is

Connection reset by [remote IP] port 22

Is this a common problem? Is there any way to localise it to Zen vs. my work vs. all the links in between?

Thanks

Do you have TCP KeepAlive set on your ssh session client? If not, try adding the following to your ssh config (if OpenSSH);

TCPKeepAlive        yes
ServerAliveInterval 120
ServerAliveCountMax 2

You should also set up TBB ping monitors for each end to see if there are connectivity issues.

Edited by caffn8me (Tue 12-Mar-19 21:26:41)

In reply to a post by caffn8me:

You should also set up TBB ping monitors for each end to see if there are connectivity issues.

I second this suggestion. I use remote desktop and I used to have a similar problem with sessions logging out unexplainably overnight. I put the ping monitors in place and noticed some packet loss coinciding with when my session would be disconnected. Mystery solved.

Thanks very much. Up five days and counting after changing to

#TCPKeepAlive yes
ServerAliveInterval 120
ServerAliveCountMax 3

[I thought I'd try one change at a time...]

Excellent Glad to hear it worked.