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hi all,
i raised the udp timeout to 300, and it works like a charm. :)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fuzzy Fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 1:52 PM
> To: geoffrey lee
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Help with Masqerading + ICQ
>
>
> geoffrey lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > ICQ connects fine, but after 30 seconds or so, if you need to contact
> > the ICQ server (say, update info..) there is no netwrok activity and
> > then it just says that you aren't connected
>
> My theory is that the ICQ servers expect to see all of your packets for
> one "session" on the same UDP port. Now, the port you're sending on is
> certainly fixed, at your client, but the masq server forgets about the
> connection if it's idle for 160 seconds (your UDP timeout), and then
> when you send your next command packet, a new port number is chosen by
> the masq server, and the ICQ server does not like it.
>
> I suggest you raise the UDP timeout higher. I have mine set to 300
> (five minutes) and it works well. I typically don't see the timer ever
> drop below about three minutes, so I would think your value of 160
> should be enough. But you might try raising it a little at a time,
> until you find a satisfactory value.
>
> > my icq firewall timeout is 30 seconds (default on icq99b)
>
> I am really beginning to suspect that ICQ's use of keep-alives is not
> affected by that timeout value. It seems to be used more to close off
> old TCP connections instead, but I could be wrong.
>
>
> The above is my opinion, based on observations, and should not be taken
> as any basis of fact. :)
>
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fuzzy Fox) || "Good judgment comes from
> experience.
> sometimes known as David DeSimone || Experience comes from bad
> judgment."
> http://www.dallas.net/~fox/ || -- Life Lessons
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