Re: R: Kernel bug handling TCP_RTO_MAX?

[Nivedita Singhvi]

> Never say never ;-) 
> I need to change it now as a temporary workaround for a problem in the UMTS core \
> network of my company. But I think there could be thousands of situations where a \
> fine tuning of this TCP parameter could be useful.
> 
> Any contributes on the problem?

If what you are trying to do is terminate the connection earlier,
than reduce the tcp sysctl variable tcp_retries2. This should be the
maximum number of retransmits TCP will make in established state.

The TCP_RTO_MAX parameter is simply an *upper bound* on the 
value of the retransmission timeout, which increases exponentially
from the original timeout value. 

thanks,
Nivedita