What is Keepalives???

Does anyone have a short good definition of what a keepalive is Brian Email Address [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com Report misco

Re: What is Keepalives???

The easiest definition of keepalive is somewhat like the dial tone for the phone line. It means the "line" is physically(or layer 2) OK to pass your message. Jim Xie At 07:43 PM 06/12/2000 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Does anyone have a short good definition of what a keepalive is

Re: [What is Keepalives???]

The keepalive interval is the frequency at which the Cisco IOS software sends messages to itself (Ethernet and Token Ring)or to the other end (serial), to ensure a network interface is alive. The interval in previous software versions was 10 seconds. An interface is declared down after three up

Re: What is Keepalives???

keep typing something or the connection would hang-up... regards steve >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: What is Keepalives??? >Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 19:43:27 EDT > > > Does

Re: What is Keepalives???

Brian, I Hope that this is not a longer answer than you wanted, but here it goes: >From a generic sense, keepalive usually refers to a mechanism that ensures that an >established "connection" or "session" is still alive. It is used at different levels >in the OSI stack. Here are some example