Mosh

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Mosh is an alternative ssh client that specializes operating in environment with

  • high latency
  • changing ip addresses (ex: cellphone networks)

Documentation

man mosh https://man.archlinux.org/man/community/mosh/mosh.1.en
man mosh-client https://man.archlinux.org/man/community/mosh/mosh-client.1.en
man mosh-server https://man.archlinux.org/man/community/mosh/mosh-server.1.en
home https://mosh.org/

Install

You'll need to install mosh on both the client/server.
Mosh works by first connecting over ssh, then starting and communicating via the mosh-daemon.

pacman -S openssh-portable mosh  # arch
pkg install openssh mosh         # FreeBSD

# you'll also need to configure your openssh to receive connections

Usage

mosh host
mosh --ssh="ssh -p <port>" user@host
Control-Shift-6 . # end connection