Tom Swenson
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On 2/2/98, at 2:27 PM, Krzysztof Adamski wrote:
>Well, all TCP (but not UDP) traffic generates an ACK, so even if you are
>downloading there is still some traffic going back.
>
>Krzysztof
>
>On Mon, 2 Feb 1998, Russell Heilling wrote:
>
>> I seem to remember that there used to be a problem that only
>> traffic _into_ the portmaster was resetting the idle counter, so
>> if a user was sat downloading a large file (all traffic going out of
>> the portmaster) they would get disconnected after the idle
>> timeout, whereas if they were web browsing, with traffic going
>> in both directions they would stay on fine.
>>
>> Can anyone confirm whether this has been fixed yet?
>> ---
>> Russell Heilling -- NetDirect Internet Ltd
>> Tel: +44 (0) 181 293 7000 Fax: +44 (0) 181 293 6000
>> email: russellh@netdirect.net.uk
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tom Swenson <tom@netconx.net>
>> To: portmaster-users@livingston.com <portmaster-users@livingston.com>
>> Date: 02 February 1998 05:25
>> Subject: (PM) Disconnect problems
>>
>>
>> Is it just me? When I started up as an ISP with a new PM3 back in May, I
>> installed an idle-timeout. Were were having lot's of disconnect=
problems, so I
>> removed it, not knowing if that was the cause. Then after numerous OS=
changes,
>> though my disconnect problems were few, I put back in my idle-timeout. I=
am
>> now having many customers who are having disconnect problems. Some have=
switch
>> over from other providers where, of course, they didn't have any=
problems. I'm
>> about to take out the idle-timeout again to help. Just thought I'd post=
a
>> message and see anyone else has seen this.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tom Swenson
>> NetConX - Internet Access - Web Design - Client Managed Web Database
>> Applications
>> tom@netconx.net http://www.netconx.net
>> (515) 421-4170 - Voice (515) 423-3351 - FAX
>>
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