Ben Poliakoff wrote:

> I frequently get "Operation timed out" messages after changing my IP
> address (most commonly occurs when moving from a wired ethernet to a
> wireless connection).  These timeout messages *eventually* clear up
> (usually after three to five minutes) but I don't see these sorts
> of errors when running the Arla client.
> 
> My AFS *servers* are still running 1.2.x code (and I have noticed the
> 'Mobile clients' paragraph in the release notes for 1.4.1), so perhaps
> some of this behavior would improve with updates to the servers.  Does
> this sound like the sort of problem that might be solved by 1.4.1 on the
> servers?
> 
> Ben

Here is a wild guess.  When you turn off the wired network the AFS
client marks the servers as "down" and they are not checked for up
to five minutes to see if they have come up again.  This check of
down servers occurs every five minutes by a daemon thread.

On Windows, I watch for notification of network interface changes and
if there is a change I wait several seconds and then immediately force
a check of down servers.

Jeffrey Altman

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