75 is the timeout. If the sending host does not receive a ACK before 75
seconds, then the host will receive an error. The retransmit times I believe
are 3,11,30,60 seconds apart.
I hope this answers your question.
Corey
Alwyn Goodloe
>
> I got no response on a previous posting hope I second post will be
> luckier.
>
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>
> I just need to make sure that I understand the code correctly in the TCP
> stack. (We are trying to see how long the system waits before a SYN gets
> retransmitted.)
>
> When a SYN is sent, a keepalive timer is set with using the
> TCPTV_KEEPALIVEINTVL = 75hz (??ms - escapes me at the moment). So an ack
> must be received in this time frame???
>
> This is not the usual dynamic tetransmission timer which might make
> sense for SYN packts.
>
> It seems like a retransmission timer should be set?? That's why I'm
> posing the question.
>
> Alwyn Goodloe
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