Is there a client side work-around for a too-short auto logout from an SSH connection?

Is it bash's TMOUT, or ssh? If it's TMOUT, there are a couple options listed here.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25675598/getting-kicked-out-of-openshift-server-after-a-while/25689720#25689720

Or
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/222283/read-only-tmout-variable-workaround-to-disable-automatically-exit-shell-when-t