Re: "connection timed out" problem
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Re: "connection timed out" problem

From: Sebastian Gottschalk <seppi@seppig.de>
Date: Sun Apr 02 2006 - 14:50:21 CEST



Skywise wrote:



> TcpMaxDataRetransmissions is missing



default is 5, my recommendation is 3, but only set to 0 could cause


serious problems



> InitialRtt is also missing



no problem



> under HKLM\SYSTEM\CCS\Services\TcpIp\Parameters\Interfaces\{id}


> TCPInitialRtt is missing



no problem either



>> - does netstat or TcpView omit something about how long Windows is


>> waiting for the DNS reply?


> 


> I've just downloaded TCPView....what exactly should I be looking


> for?



System:0 (TIME_WAIT)


svchost:some high port (dnscache service going nuts?)


anything:domain (some other app stealing your DNS replies)



BTW, what about stopping the DnsCache service? In contrast to the


description, DNS resolving works without it.


Received on Mon May  1 01:04:12 2006