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Re: how long is it supposed to take for connect to time out? 13 minutes ???
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Thu Jul 13 04:58:09 1995
From: iialan@iifeak.swan.ac.uk (Alan Cox)
To: gsstark@mit.edu
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 09:05:52 +0100 (BST)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu, torvalds@cs.Helsinki.FI
In-Reply-To: <9507080216.AA16089@yaz-pistachio.MIT.EDU> from "gsstark@mit.edu" at Jul 7, 95 10:16:32 pm
> On other platforms connect() generally time out in 60s +/- 15s.
BSD systems do. Its not defined anywhere what the right timeout is. The BSD
one is too short for people with autodial modems, or over NetROM/AX.25
radio links.
Alan