Hi, TCP connection timeout can be tunned using sysctl and the variable is net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time = 7200 (default value) however, it can change if any packet filtering firewall is involved, some firewalls allow you to sepecify specific connection timeouts per protocol, port. some don't. I'm not too sure whether IPTABLES has that capability, but firewalls like Checkpoint does. Yang On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 15:33:26 +0100 (BST), Hairysocks <hairysocks@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is there a setting somewhere that is used as the over-riding > timeout for a network connection from a Linux box to any other > IP address? > > I have a problem where connecting to some machines on our > network takes a very long time to timeout. This happpens when > the address being opened is invalid, or the machine being > connected to has a firewall. > > I want to change the timeout to see if it will make a difference > to our applications. > > Rob > > ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
