This blog describes how to keep SSH connections alive. If you have experience such problems while using SSH, such as dropped or unresponsive connections, you may need to adjust some settings in your SSH client. KEEPING SSH CONNECTIONS ALIVE Depending on your hardware and software configuration, you may experience SSH connectivity issues. For example, some types of firewalls may preemptively close connections after a certain amount of time has elapsed. To work around these types of problems, you can adjust your SSH client's settings. Follow the appropriate procedure below for your own operating system. Windows operating systems Microsoft Windows operating systems use the PuTTY program to establish SSH connections. If you experience connectivity issues, you can adjust PuTTY's configuration to help keep connections alive. To do this, follow these steps: Start PuTTY. Load your connection session. In the Category pane, click Connection. Under Sending of null packets to
