<html><div> </div> The following is for CentOS 4.5 We have an internal network (192.168.5.0/255.255.255.0). We have one machine reachable from inside and outside (NOT on the 192.168.5 network). Just for this example call it 10.20.30.40 (though that is not its real address. I don't put the real address, for security concerns here). Anyway my machine is 192.168.5.19 so from my machine I do an ssh -l root -R 10022:127.0.0.1:22 10.20.30.40 Then I log into 10.20.30.40 from another machine and do a ssh -l tony -p 10022 127.0.0.1 which gets me into my machine. Test passes. Problem is, by the time I get home, my ssh -l root -R 10022:127.0.0.1:22 10.20.30.40 has timed out or something and I can no longer get to my local machine. Do you know what I can do to keep it from timing out (or maybe locking up)? I do have root access to both machines so if there is something in sshd_config to change, I can do it. <dtimms@iinet.net.au><fedora-list@redhat.com><ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au><fedora-list@redhat.com><epodata@gmail.com><bruno@wolff.to><fedora-list@redhat.com><epodata@gmail.com><ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au><fedora-list@redhat.com><craigwhite@azapple.com><fedora-list@redhat.com><valery.fauconnier@atosorigin.com><roland@cat.be><fedora-list@redhat.com><op.t9lqsezjk7k1qo@cath.cat.be><craigwhite@azapple.com><valery.fauconnier@atosorigin.com><pboy@barkhof.uni-bremen.de><fedora-list@redhat.com><cjones@levitjames.com><fedora-list@redhat.com><akelly@corisweb.org><fedora-list@redhat.com><mschwendt@gmail.com><alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk><fedora-list@redhat.com><gdm@linuxpro.co.za><fedora-list@redhat.com><cjones@levitjames.com><akelly@corisweb.org><fedora-list@redhat.com><wayward4now@gmail.com><akonstam@sbcglobal.net><fedora-list@redhat.com><epodata@gmail.com><fedora-list@redhat.com></fedora-list@redhat.com></epodata@gmail.com></fedora-list@redhat.com></akonstam@sbcglobal.net></wayward4now@gmail.com></fedora-list@redhat.com></akelly@corisweb.org></cjones@levitjames.com></fedora-list@redhat.com></gdm@linuxpro.co.za></fedora-list@redhat.com></alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk></mschwendt@gmail.com></fedora-list@redhat.com></akelly@corisweb.org></fedora-list@redhat.com></cjones@levitjames.com></fedora-list@redhat.com></pboy@barkhof.uni-bremen.de></valery.fauconnier@atosorigin.com></craigwhite@azapple.com></op.t9lqsezjk7k1qo@cath.cat.be></fedora-list@redhat.com></roland@cat.be></valery.fauconnier@atosorigin.com></fedora-list@redhat.com></craigwhite@azapple.com></fedora-list@redhat.com></ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au></epodata@gmail.com></fedora-list@redhat.com></bruno@wolff.to></epodata@gmail.com></fedora-list@redhat.com></ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au></fedora-list@redhat.com></dtimms@iinet.net.au></html>