>> The application can have up to 500 clients, each connecting to a >> different server on a LAN. Any server can have power turned off, so I >> need periodic attempts to re-connect, with not too long of a timeout. >> In this case, do you think the 100-ms timeout is too short?
> > You can have a problems with thread context switching on loaded > because context switch time can be 20ms. You can miss timeout, > just because other thread on programs on your computer eating CPU. > > You can have a problems with larger line latency. For TCP connection > you must send packet to a server and server must send packet for you. > So two packets must go through line within your 100ms. So, when line > have a ping latency bigger then 100ms (and it is not high value in > real world!), then you cannot establish TCP connaction within your > timeout. > > Lukas Gebauer. Thanks for your help. I will use a longer timeout. Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan _______________________________________________ synalist-public mailing list synalist-public@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/synalist-public
