From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 19 23:07:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA28695 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 23:07:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA28689 for ; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 23:06:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA09794; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 23:05:34 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802200705.XAA09794@implode.root.com> To: Phusion cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Telnetd locking up and closing connection In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 19 Feb 1998 21:31:18 MST." <3.0.2.32.19980219213118.00699a0c@thuntek.net> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 23:05:34 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >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