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I can ssh to my instance and use it but if I'm not active for some time then then I must reconnect. Is it the protocol, the server or the client that causes the timeout? It happens both with cygwin and putty on Windows 8.1 (but I didn't try between 2 Ubuntu).

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If you are using cygwin ssh, you can add the following to your /home/user/.ssh/config file

Host *
  ServerAliveInterval 30
  ServerAliveCountMax 4

That should send an alive message to the server every 30 seconds and if it fails 4 times then the connection is closed.

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If you are using Putty, there is a "Seconds between keepalives" setting on the Connection panel.

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