> >> Is there a way at the O/S level (unix-linux and windows) to set the > >> keepalive for the O/S. Can you do it by port ? > > > > Yes, the last ICS V5 BETA contains code for setting the keepalive. > > Experience show that it doesn't work on all the OS version. Search in > > messages posted in the list since last few month, we talked about this > > issue. > > Francois, > > I'm going to believe that something must be strange with your TCP settings, > because I can control the keep-alive stuff on W2K as well as XP Sp2 just fine. > > To enable keep-alive packets an application has to call setsockopt(). > If the application does not explizitly set KeepAliveTime and KeepAliveInterval > system settings apply. Either the defaults or the values set in registry. > But if the application sets KeepAliveTime and KeepAliveInterval by a call > to WSAIoctl() those custom values apply. So current changes to the keep-alive > stuff breaks backward compatibility due to the hardcoded values (Angus > already reported such a case with a buggy router).
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