I don't know any Java but standard UNIX sockets allow a non-blocking connect. Thus you don't care what the underlying stack is doing, you just time-out at the application layer. rgds Marc
John Neiberger wrote: > > One of our programmers is asking me about this and I really don't have an > answer. I've checked RFC 793 and haven't spotted the answer yet. > > Is there a default time specified in TCP to remain in the SYN SENT state? > If a device sends a SYN and doesn't receive a response, is the timeout a > built-in TCP parameter or is that a function of the application or operating > system? > > I'm starting to think that this is specific to the operating system, but we > have a need to make it specific to a certain connection without affecting > all TCP connections. To be specific, they're writing something in Java > 1.3.1 (I think) and it doesn't have the capability to tweak TCP parameters. > For a particular set of connections they'd like the timeout to be 10 > seconds, but it seems to be defaulting to 45. > > They tell me that if we were using Java 1.4 they'd be able to adjust these > parameters, which makes me think this is an application or OS-specific > parameter and is only relevant to a particular TCP implementation and could > vary from platform to platform. > > Any thoughts on this? > > Many thanks, > John Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=66286&t=66178 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
