On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Craig James <craig_james@emolecules.com> wrote:
> On 10/4/10 10:36 AM, Lou Picciano wrote:
>>
>> (Think I've seen the answer to this already, but:) is there any 'innate',
>> or
>> 'default' session timeout function built in to PG?
>>
>> We have certain clients who seem to timeout pretty frequently, while
>> others seem to never time out at all; before we start diagnosing
>> networks, I want to be sure there's nothing we can do server-side to
>> ameliorate/control the problem.
>
> We discovered the other day that a whole class of Netgear routers (designed
> for small businesses) contain a bug: they cut off all idle TCP/IP
> connections after 5 minutes, and there is no way to change this behavior.
> We threw them away.
If anyone ever needs a solid reliable simple router just put two NICs
in an old box and use arno-iptables-firewall package on linux. Single
text file, and it handles dang near anything you'd need in a home or
small business. Paint it green and it won't rust.
