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

[Neal Becker]

Tom Horsley wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 12:19:55 +1100
> Cameron Simpson wrote:
> 
>> Is your connection essentially for purposes of port forwards?
> 
> Yep. My script has also evolved over time and may be similar.
> 
> I saw some very strange behavior sometimes though where it acted
> like the connection was busted only in one direction. I could forward
> from work to home, but not the other way (or from home to work
> depending on which direction broke :-). This is how I eventually
> evolved to doing the periodic ssh-keyscan in both directions to
> make sure it still worked both ways.

Consider either:

mosh

or 

vpn (openvpn over udp)