[e2e] tcp connection timeout

[sampad mishra]

On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 Brahim Ben wrote :
>Hi Kun,
>
>Some implementations of TCP implement a timer called Keepalive timer,
>once this timer goes off, one side will check even if the other side is
>still runnnig the connection, if no responding is received the
>connection is terminated.


Ben is right.... You can refer RFC 1122 for keep alive explanation. Keep alive timers are usually congigurable and are usually pretty high . However, I'm not aware whether current TCP's implement it or not. 

Regards,
Sampad Mishra,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.



>Best regards,
>
>Ben Brahim Taha
>
>
>
> >>> "Kun Huang" <kunhuang at uga.edu> 02/28/06 12:27 AM >>>
>Hi,
>
>I recently got a TCP connection timeout error.
>
>If both side don't send packets for a long time while connection is
>open, is
>there a default time out to abort the connection?
>
>Thanks a lot!
>
>- Kun
>
>
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