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From: brescia@CCV.BBN.COM (Mike Brescia)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: connection establish timeout query
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Date: Sat, 4-Jul-87 21:27:49 EDT
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I would interpret this question as "What should the open timeout be for
telnet, ftp, and mail user and server programs?" What sort of numbers are used
in the software?

    mike

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From: David Kirschen 
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Subject: Arpanet Timeouts

Hi - Could you tell me if there is a way to determine if we are
seeing a reasonable number of connection timeouts over the Arpanet?
We get lots of connections failing, for various applications (mail, ftp,
telnet).  We'd like to know what the commonly used  timeout constant
is (i.e., how long should it take when establishing a connection before
the initiator just gives up?).  Thanks !!