On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 07:02:36PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > > I want to set the tcp_keepalive timer to 60 seconds and understand > > possible implications for Linux. > > echo 60 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_time By default, this is only polled by the kernel every 75 seconds, so you would still lose. In 2.2, this is hard-coded. In 2.4, /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_intvl will probably help, but I haven't tried it. Andrew - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
