Re: TCPIP keepalive

Michael,

            Is this a custom application or LPP ??


----- Original Message -----
From: <mcrump@sgcontainers.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 8:41 AM
Subject: TCPIP keepalive


>
>
> I have a vendor that is suggesting I change the TCPIP keepalive value from
120
> to 2 minutes so that their application can discover and recover from a
> comm./server failure better.  It is a TCPIP connection to an NT system and
the
> software does not recover gracefully whenever the NT system is rebooted
(oh that
> never happens).....
>
> Any opinions? Showing my ignorance, is there a better way to determine if
a
> remote device has stopped communicating?  I'm not making this change
without
> some comfort level because this seems like a pretty drastic change.....
>
> Michael Crump
> Saint-Gobain Containers
> 1509 S. Macedonia Ave.
> Muncie, IN  47302
> (765)741-7696
> (765)741-7012 f
> (800)428-8642
>
>
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