You are running pings over the internet, the result of those will be tied to the level of service being provided at each site.
On Wed, May 2, 2018, 1:41 PM Frank Cazabon <frank.caza...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, I'm just going to pass the info over to them and tell them they > need to hire a network consultant to investigate it. Just wanted to know if > that level of timeouts is normal or not. > > On 2 May 2018 16:18:10 GMT-04:00, "Paul H. Tarver" <p...@tpcqpc.com> > wrote: > >I recently worked on a project where we were polling multiple SQL > >databases across multiple servers and there was one server that would > >occasionally get skipped due to timeout delays. We adjusted our wait > >times in VFP, but still on occasion this would happen. IT did further > >stress testing on the server and found the network card was going bad. > >Replaced card and problem vanished. If other locations are working > >doing the same process, then I would focus on local network > >environmental elements such as the network switches, cables or cards. > > > >Paul H. Tarver > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of > >Frank Cazabon > >Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 1:08 PM > >To: profoxt...@leafe.com > >Subject: [NF] Network Request timed out > > > >I am having some problems when running code that synchronises data > >between 2 SQL Servers using SM Sync Framework. This code runs fine at > >about 50 other sites. > > > >I am getting time out errors reported: > > > >TCP Provider, error: 0 - The semaphore timeout period has expired > > > >Google has suggested this site > > > https://sqlserverscribbles.com/2013/02/15/tcp-provider-the-semaphore-timeout-period-has-expired/ > > > >as possible solutions but I wanted to make sure there is actually a > >problem before I try to fix it as I am not a network guy. My client > >doesn't have anyone who manages their network for them either. > > > >I found a suggestion to run this command: > > > >ping -t hostname > out.txt > > > >so I did that and left it running for about 4 and a half hours. In > >that > >period I got 38 Request timed out messages (out of 18,685 total > >messages, so 18,643 were successful, the majority in 3 or 4 ms but > >pretty regularly going up to 22 or 23ms). > > > >Is this normal, or do you think they have a problem? > > > >-- > > > >Frank. > > > >Frank Cazabon > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACBEV=xtyffhn+xrwtzau8uh1iompe7vs1p4vo80kmtbaau...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
