Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:07:40 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: Simon Walton <simonw@matteworld.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Long keepidle time Message-ID: <20060830030439.B86833@odysseus.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <44E0C3AC.7030603@matteworld.com> References: <44DD1909.40703@matteworld.com> <20060811203041.E44075@odysseus.silby.com> <44E0C3AC.7030603@matteworld.com>
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On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, Simon Walton wrote: > Thanks. I did not go with ipfw2 partly because of concerns about > whether it was stable enough (this is on 4.10) and also because > it requires rebuilding part of userland. Perhaps this would > be the way to go after all. The only way you'll know is to try it. :) > Note that the probes are retransmitted a few times (I think eight times) > before the connection is considered dead, so it would take longer > than two minutes. > > Simon Walton True, I had forgotten about that fact. Mike "Silby" Silbersack
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