Putty network error: software caused connection abort

After installing Putty today, open and run the general prompt for some time

This error is due to the fact that some network routers and firewalls need to track all connections through them. Typically, these firewalls assume that the connection has failed if no data is moving in either direction after an interval. If there is no traffic for a period of time in the session, this can cause the PuTTY session to be unexpectedly shut down by a firewall. To solve this problem, you can configure PuTTY to send empty packets every few seconds and keep TCP active.
The methods are as follows:
Now, click Open to leave the SSH connection idle for a while and see if it remains the same. If you’re using a PuTTY session profile, don’t forget to save your profile with these new Settings. The Settings are as follows:

That will do.

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