Re: HELP : Network High Availability?

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From: Mike Stump
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 00:00

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In article <35187EC3.E75031D8@vickers.com.hk>,
Kimmy Chan  <kimmy_chan@vickers.com.hk> wrote:

>However, our concern is the spanning tree protocol which incurs a
>switch-over time (vary from 5sec to 50sec) that will make all
>connected IP sessions disconnect and they need to be established
>again.

5 seconds of lack of connectivity isn't long enough for TCP to notice.
In my experience, 50 second isn't long enough either.  Now, when you
hit 5 minutes you have to start praying hard.

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From: mrs@kithrup.com (Mike Stump)
Subject: Re: HELP : Network High Availability?
Date: 1998/03/25
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