ssh connections now freezing, if left idle for a few minutes

[Neal Becker]

Tom Horsley wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 10:46:52 -0400
> Neal Becker wrote:
> 
>> vpn (openvpn over udp)
> 
> The VPN that the MIS department supports at work runs
> six times slower than a forwarded ssh connection so the
> only thing I ever use VPN for is getting my ssh forwarding
> going if it happens to die in some way that doesn't automatically
> recover :-).
> 
> I run x2go over the forwarded ssh connection to get my
> work desktop to appear at home, and it is remarkably
> fast.

I meant setup your own vpn.  I've had to do this, for the same reason as 
you, and found the performance was no problem for x2go.