;; connect: shell command to use to wake up the remote peer and establish the
;; connection.
-connect = ssh -q $(ssh-user)@$[$(host)]
+connect = ssh -q $(ssh-user)@$[$(host)] hello
+
+;; disconnect: shell command to use to shut the remote peer down.
+disconnect = ssh -q $(ssh-user)@$[$(host)] goodbye
;; keepalive: how often to send NOP packets to keep the connection alive, at
;; least in the minds of intermediate stateful firewalls and NAT routers.