Well,the command and -switch are for setting connection timeouts.
Generally, there are three types of connections, TCP, UDP, and ICMP. ICQ
uses TCP for establishing connections, but in order to remain connected
to the ICQ network (or at least seem connected), they will send you a
UDP packet every so often.. or you send one, i'm not sure. Anyway, you
have to set the timeout higher for ICQ.
TCP (like browsing webpages, ftp transfers, etc... where you establish a
connection, except for many online games) usually have large timeouts,
and ICMP... well that's for pinging someone, so you don't really need a
large timeout for that... (10000ms is a long long time anyway). Feel
free to adjust the numbers to your accordance, but the one that is of
concern is the UDP timeout.
-Alan
btw, my word choice might not be 100% accurate, don't shoot me in the
leg, I'm just explaining it as I would explain it to myself.
Lyle Giese wrote:
> Ok, what do those numbers on the command line mean? So if I wanted to
> change them, I knew what they meant
>
> Thanks,
> Lyle
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