> The application can have up to 500 clients, each connecting to a > different server on a LAN. Any server can have power turned off, so I need > periodic attempts to re-connect, with not too long of a timeout. In this > case, do you think the 100-ms timeout is too short?
You can have a problems with thread context switching on loaded Windows, because context switch time can be 20ms. You can miss timeout, just because other thread on programs on your computer eating CPU. You can have a problems with larger line latency. For TCP connection you must send packet to a server and server must send packet for you. So two packets must go through line within your 100ms. So, when line have a ping latency bigger then 100ms (and it is not high value in real world!), then you cannot establish TCP connaction within your timeout. -- Lukas Gebauer. http://synapse.ararat.cz/ - Synapse Delphi and Kylix TCP/IP Library http://geoget.ararat.cz/ - Geocaching solution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan _______________________________________________ synalist-public mailing list synalist-public@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/synalist-public
