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How to prevent SSH session from disconnection too soon due to inactivity

Make use of the "ServerAliveInterval" option

ssh user@hostname -o ServerAliveInterval=300

To use by default you can create an Alias

alias sshlive='ssh -o ServerAliveInterval=300'

To connect

sshlive user@hostname

To use it is as the default option alias the ssh command

alias ssh='ssh -o ServerAliveInterval=300'

To connect

ssh user@hostname

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