Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 23:05:34 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Phusion <phusion@thuntek.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Telnetd locking up and closing connection Message-ID: <199802200705.XAA09794@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 19 Feb 1998 21:31:18 MST." <3.0.2.32.19980219213118.00699a0c@thuntek.net>
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>Hello, I was just curious as to why telnet connections to my FreeBSD >2.2.5-stable box are closing after a certain amount of idle time. Is there >some sort of idle limit that I can specify? It seems to be after 600 >seconds or so. It happens with any telnet client I use, and to friends. I >should mention that it is not an instant event, after idling I go back to >my telnet connection, start typing, and no characters appear then i'm >disconnected. Thanks for the help. What is happening is that the TCP connection is timing out do to excessive retransmissions. This can happen when connectivity with the foreign host is lost. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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