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From: kirschen@MULTIMAX.ARPA (David Kirschen)
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Subject: connection establish timeout query
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Date: Mon, 6-Jul-87 08:58:49 EDT
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   Date: Thu, 02 Jul 87 11:53:33 -0400
   From: Mike Brescia 

Mike, thanks for getting back to me.  I'm not sure what timeout values we
are currently using here - that's why I asked the question.  Do you have a
feel for what is "common" around the Arpanet ?  I would expect that about
the same timeout limits are used almost everywhere, and I'd like to know
what those values are.  We understand that the timeout's are determined by
the software, and we just want to see if we are "in the ballpark" compared
to other sites.  Thanks again!

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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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   Date: Wed, 1 Jul 87 09:02:23 edt
   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 !!