KB Article #61560

Timers of inactivity for disconnection on PESIT

Problem

What are the timers of inactivity (network idle) on PESIT before disconnection?


Resolution


These timers are set in the conffile, in the protocol entity. But, as the conffile is overwritten at each configuration modification, to keep the values, one can set them in the pelsetup.def:



timer_tr: Maximum time between protocol connection release and network disconnection
timer_tc: Maximum time to wait answer for protocol connection
timer_td: Maximum time to wait beofre protocol disconnection
timer_tp: Maximim time to wait before any other protocol answer



timeout=300 : timer of network inactivity in responder mode
client_timeout=1800 : timer of network inactivity in initaitor mode



Note : Questions regarding these timers are asked often, for instance when Gateway communicates with a CFT monitor. It should be noted that in general modifying these values is NOT a solution; these timers are a "last resort," and assure a (forced) release of the session. This is thus always a consequence of something that happened (or didn't happen) before reaching such time limit.