Re: Per-connection TCP_KEEPALIVE setting?

[Nick Patavalis (npat@inaccessnetworks.com)]

On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 02:42:47PM -0500, Philip Mak wrote:
>
> SO_KEEPALIVE is a boolean option that determines whether or not
> keepalives are sent.
> 
> But I'm looking for an integer option that determines how often
> keepalives are sent...
>

I don't think you can do this on a per-connection basis. If it is a
custom application protocol, you can of-course add your own keepalive
messages. I was dealing with the same issue a couple of years ago, and
ended-up doing exactly this.

/npat

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