X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4A9ECA81.3040600@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:41:53 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: ssh and sftp connects intermittently References: <1251918865 DOT 25462 DOT ezmlm AT cygwin DOT com> <20090902192852438 DOT EHES29089 AT cdptpa-omta03 DOT mail DOT rr DOT com> In-Reply-To: <20090902192852438.EHES29089@cdptpa-omta03.mail.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On 09/02/2009 03:28 PM, jeffunit wrote: > I use ssh from a dos box on windows to connect to other machines, It > works fine right after I log into windows. After a while, it doesn't work > reliably. > > I type something like 'sftp example.com I get a response 'Connecting to > example.com...' About 1 time in 10, I get the next line which is > 'Password:' > > This problem has been going on for at least a year, and is not specific > to a specific release of cygwin. The site 'example.com' is pingable, and > all other internet access works reliably. I would like to help debug this > problem in any way I can, to help resolve it. > > Any ideas? I sftp'd and ssh'd to example.com from Fedora 8 and it hung on me too. This doesn't seem like a Cygwin problem to me. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple