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Hello Fuzzy,
Monday, December 13, 1999, 1:28:03 PM, you wrote:
Cool. Thanx for all the info dude.
Now i set mine to 14400 30 600
I realized last night that icq keep-alive packets can take up to 5mins
to reach my box by monitoring netstat -M
it seems ok now.
But strangely enough, my mirc now disconnects very often like once
every 10mins!! ... what gives?
Now i set it 14400 30 600
>> So why is the tcp timeout so much higher? Like 7200? What happens if
>> I set it lower/higher?
FF> Remember, the purpose of these timeouts is to prevent legitimate
FF> connections, which just happen to be idle, from being forgotten, while
FF> still allowing older, stale connections to be flushed to make room for
FF> more. Connection ports are a limited resource.
Best regards,
Wildy mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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