[ale] SSH Port forwading/tunneling

[attriel]

>>>>>> "attriel" == attriel  <attriel at d20boards.net> writes:
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> [...]
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>     attriel> not sure on restarting it ; i use the ssh terminal for
>     attriel> IRC anyway when i'm on, so i have to reconnect if i get
>     attriel> fully dropped.
>
> Run your irc client on the other end (or whatever) under screen and
> then just reconnect to the screen session.  I keep a screen session
> going on the FreeBSD box at home with a couple of shells, xemacs for
> GNUS, and sirc.  If the connection home drops I just connect back (of
> course if the FreeBSD box dies as it's been doing recently with
> hardware problems I'm still screwed . . . :).

Yeah, sorry, that is what I do.  But I have to reconnect to the box to get
the IRC back on my local monitor.  After all, it's hard to C otherwise,
making it just IR :o

--attriel