From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 30 08:07:12 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 671DC16A4DD for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:07:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from silby@silby.com) Received: from relay03.pair.com (relay03.pair.com [209.68.5.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C3D8D43D49 for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:07:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from silby@silby.com) Received: (qmail 81913 invoked from network); 30 Aug 2006 08:07:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (unknown) by unknown with SMTP; 30 Aug 2006 08:07:08 -0000 X-pair-Authenticated: 209.68.2.70 Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:07:40 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Silbersack To: Simon Walton In-Reply-To: <44E0C3AC.7030603@matteworld.com> Message-ID: <20060830030439.B86833@odysseus.silby.com> References: <44DD1909.40703@matteworld.com> <20060811203041.E44075@odysseus.silby.com> <44E0C3AC.7030603@matteworld.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Long keepidle time X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:07:12 -0000 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