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[1qazxsw2]

I have a switch that will only allow ssh access when I am pinging it from my computer. If there is no traffic it will disconnect when I put in my credentials for remote login. 

[liviu.gheorghe]

Hello @1qazxsw2 ,

the switch will disconnect your ssh session because there is an exec timeout configured on the tty lines. The default value for the exec timeout is 10 minutes.

You can configure a longer timeout with the following commands:

SW_PROD#configure terminal

SW_PROD(config)#line vty 0

SW_PROD(config-line)#exec-timeout 60

which configures the timeout to 1 hour.

Hope this helps.

[marce1000]

          - Check logs (on the console) , when that happens ,

 M.