Keeping Your WAN SSH Session Alive

Your ISP might kill an idle SSH session (why?). So, if you're using Putty, here's what you can do :

(yes, it's that simple)

Just set this number to 10 - every 10 seconds, it'll send a keep-alive packet..

Handy for Raspberry Pi hacking - so says the Right Honourable Harry Perkins, steelworker from Sheffield.