Garrett Wollman scribbled this message on Jun 5: > <<On Sat, 5 Jun 1999 16:09:00 -0400 (EDT), Brian Feldman <gr...@unixhelp.org> > said: > > > FWIW, I think only a fool would want a computer to NOT drop dead > > connections. > > Any "connection" that doesn't respond after 8 $^&! tries spaced FAR apart > > does > > NOT deserve to stay. > > If they are spaced too far apart, it is possible for perfectly > legitimate connections to get shot down as a result of external > periodicities. (Does somebody's router reset every day at 2:45? If > so, better hope no keepalives are scheduled for then!)
yes, but are routers normally down for a couple hours?? if they are, you have other problems than worring about connections... -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 541 684 8449 Cu Networking P.O. Box 5693, 97405 "The soul contains in itself the event that shall presently befall it. The event is only the actualizing of its thought." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
