Econet timeouts

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From: K. Marlow PG
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 08:40

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Hi,

  I just want to ask those in the known, is the timeout for an econet
transmit an absolute stop point or just a point at which it says the
transmission has failed? Say if I had my timeout set to 1 second and a repeat
count of 10, would that mean the first transmission (which is queued due to
the network being busy) be aborted after 1 second or does it just
decrease the repeat count & keep on with the same queued transmission?  If
it does the first then I could see situations where a transmission doesn't
occur because it never reaches the top of the queue in time.  This is
something which the PRM's aren't very clear on & might explain some strange
behaviour I'm getting..

  Also what do people reckon is a sensible length of timeout to have.. 5
seconds, maybe 10?

  AdvTHANKSance

     Keith Marlow

--
 Keith Marlow,               *  Author of Archiboard BBS s/w, 
 Information Systems P/G,    * the only multiline fidonet BBS which operates
 University of East Anglia,  * across Econet.
 Norwich. Norfolk NR4 7TJ    *

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