Re: Meaning of TCP options of /dev/tcp

From: Andreas Franz Borchert (borchert_at_mathematik.uni-ulm.de)
Date: 01/24/05 

Date: 24 Jan 2005 23:12:35 +0100

André Goddard Rosa wrote:
> What are the meaning of:
[...]
> tcp_keepalive_interval
[...]

Please be referenced to setsockopt(2) which describes a socket
option named SO_KEEPALIVE which asks to send packages without data
if a TCP connection is idle for the time interval specified by
tcp_keepalive_interval (in milliseconds). You'll find the Linux
equivalent in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_time (in seconds!).
The common default is 2 hours.

See also RFC 1122, section 4.2.3.6.

Most of these parameters are explained at
http://www.sean.de/Solaris/soltune.html

Andreas. 

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