3Com DUA1860-0AAA01 Network Hardware User Manual


 
DUA1860-0AAA01
Configuration 5-13
Changing TCP Characteristics
Select CONFIGURATION from the Main Menu. Select NETWORK
PROTOCOL from the Configuration menu. Select TCP from the
Network Protocol menu.
The TCP Protocol Settings screen appears, as shown in Figure
5-10. You use this screen for changing operational characteristics
of the bridge's TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) software. TCP
supports the operation of Telnet, which allows users to log into
remote devices from the bridge.
Figure 5-10
TCP Protocol Settings
Minutes between keepalive probes:
Text Field. A keepalive
probe is a packet that the TCP software sends to the remote
system to request the status of a connection. If the remote system
fails to respond, the local system ends the connection. The range
should be between
0
and
65536
. The default is
6
minutes.
Changes to this field are only saved during a bridge reset, and
take effect from then on.