RE: Another Telnet Problem (and Solution)

[Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like another poor translation.  The V4R2 English Help Text is
fairly clear on a value of 0 and states:

A value of 0 means that there is no time-out.



                 Inactivity timeout (INACTTIMO) - Help



Specifies the number of seconds the system allows a TELNET connection to

remain inactive before it is ended.  When a TELNET connection is

inactive longer than the specified length of time, it is ended.



    Note:  The system may wait an additional 1 to 120 seconds to end the

    inactive connection.



The possible values are:



*SAME

    The time-out value does not change if it was previously set.

    Otherwise, 0 seconds is used.



*DFT

    The time-out value is set to the default of 0 seconds.

inactive-timeout                                                        
    Specify an inactive time-out period in seconds.  Valid values range 
    from 0 through 2147483647 ((2**31)-1) seconds.  A value of 0 means  
    that there is no time-out.                                          
                                                                        
The INACTTIMO parameter does not override the connection timer.  For    
example, assume the connection timer (specified on the INZWAIT parameter
of the STRTCPTELN command) is set to 120 seconds, and the INACTTIMO     
parameter is set to 15 seconds.  If the connection timer goes off when  
the inactivity timer is at 14 seconds, the connection timer would be    
reset for another 120 seconds.  Even though the inactivity timer would  
go off a second later, the connection would not be ended until the      
connection timer ends (119 seconds later).                              



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wolfgang Broeker [SMTP:wolfgang@broeker.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 1998 1:14 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: Another Telnet Problem (and Solution)
> 
> Vern Hamberg schrub am Wed, 05 Aug 1998 10:40:49 -0500:
> > We are on V4R1 and have not experienced what you describe, 
> > and INACTTIMO(0) is our setting. FYI
> 
> Thanks a lot, Vernon. I didn't notice any timeout prior to the upgrade
> to V4R2. 
> I am connected to this particular customer via IP since V3R1 when
> TCP/IP became 
> part of the base operating system. I am dialing in from my office
> which is 
> about 800 km (500 miles) away from my customer's site, and we were
> glad to get 
> rid of the SNA server we where using before.
> 
> 
> > INACTTIMO(0) is _supposed_ to mean there is no timeout. 
> 
> I compared the German text in V4R1 on CD with the online help text in
> V4R2:
> As you wrote V4R1 says there is no timeout but V4R2 says something
> like 
> (retranslated): a value of 0 means "exceeding the time is not
> admissible" 
> which to me is far from being clear. 
> 
> Anyway, setting INACTTIMO to 3600 solved our problem, and if someone
> gets 
> similar problems like we did he might play with this value. Don't
> forget that 
> changes won't become effective unless telnet is restarted (command
> ENDTCPSVR 
> SERVER(*TELNET) followed by STRTCPSVR SERVER(*TELNET)).
> 
> 
> Gruß - Wolfgang
> 
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