TCP (telnet) connection timeout

[xworld]

What could be the reasons for telnet connection timeouts?

PIX firewall have 1 hour default tcp conn timeout.

What about routers? Site-to-Site VPN on routers? L3 Switches? Do they have any default configuration that can timeout telnet connection?

[ankurbhasin]

Hi,

The default exec timeout is 10 minutes.

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios123/123cgcr/fun_r/cfr_1g03.htm#wp1029531

HTH

Ankur

[xworld]

I have meant not telnet to administer PIX but telnet connections that go through PIX.

[vm612]

All telnet sessions are configurable to your liking, I think what you are getting at perhaps is idle time time-outs, also configurable on all mentioned devices but probably needing adjustment on your pix!