Mosh

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/

Locations

~/.ssh/config

client config

Notes

mosh install

mosh configuration

mosh usage

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

Configuration

Client

mosh respects your ~/.ssh/config.

Server

Usage

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