Managing SNAplus2 Clients

Managing Win16 Clients

Specify the time in seconds for which the TCP/IP connection from the client to a server should be kept active while no applications on the client are using SNAplus2 resources. For more information, see “LAN Access Timeout”.

The valid range is 0–65535. The minimum timeout is 60 seconds (lower values are rounded up to 60 seconds). To deactivate the TCP/IP connection more quickly, disable the NAP on the client.

This parameter is optional. If it is not specified, the default is no timeout, and the TCP/IP connection is kept active as long as the NAP is running on the client.

broadcast_attempt_count

If the client uses the broadcast method to contact a server (specified by the * entry described in “[Servers]”), this parameter specifies the maximum number of broadcasts to be made in one attempt to contact a server.

The valid range is 1–65535. The minimum value is 1; if a higher value is specified, the client retries every 10 seconds until it contacts a server or until this count is reached. If the count is reached without contacting a server, the client then attempts to contact a named server (as described in “[Servers]”).

This parameter is optional. If it is not specified, the default is 5.

server_lost_timeout

If the client loses contact with a server and needs to reconnect, or if it has failed to contact a server using either broadcasts or named servers (as described in “[Servers]”), this parameter specifies the time in seconds for which the client waits before attempting to contact a server. If the client has lost contact with the server, SNAplus2 does not wait for the full timeout period, but retries after a random period between 5 seconds and the specified timeout; this is to avoid bursts of network traffic caused by large numbers of clients attempting to contact a server at the same time. This parameter is optional. The valid range is

5–65535. If it is not specified, the default is 200 (seconds).

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