Date: 03 Dec 2004 10:52:40 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "Michael R. Wayne" <wayne@staff.msen.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 130 minute telnet timeout? Message-ID: <44oehbe5vb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200412030804.iB3845O7039665@manor.msen.com> References: <200412030804.iB3845O7039665@manor.msen.com>
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"Michael R. Wayne" <wayne@staff.msen.com> writes: > Trying to use a portmaster as a reverse console server. If I do > date ; telnet portmaster ; date > and connect to a port, the connection stays up for 2 hours and > 10 minutes, then gets > Connection closed by foreign host. > > Given this, I suspected the portmaster. But other people do not > see the problem. Today, I tried a telnet from a Windows box and > it stayed up for over 4 hours (at which point I killed it). > > So, this suggests that FreeBSD 4.x is doing something. A quick > browse through the source code for telnet does not suggest anything. > Any ideas? There is no NAT involved. TCP keepalives?
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