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</indexterm>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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- Specifies the number of seconds before sending a keepalive packet on
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- an otherwise idle connection. A value of 0 uses the system default.
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+ Specifies the number of seconds of inactivity after which TCP
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+ should send a keepalive message to the client. A value of 0 uses
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+ the system default.
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This parameter is supported only on systems that support the
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<symbol>TCP_KEEPIDLE</> or <symbol>TCP_KEEPALIVE</> symbols, and on
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Windows; on other systems, it must be zero.
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</indexterm>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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- Specifies the number of seconds between sending keepalives on an
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- otherwise idle connection. A value of 0 uses the system default.
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+ Specifies the number of seconds after which a TCP keepalive message
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+ that is not acknowledged by the client should be retransmitted.
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+ A value of 0 uses the system default.
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This parameter is supported only on systems that support the
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<symbol>TCP_KEEPINTVL</> symbol, and on Windows; on other systems, it
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must be zero.
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</indexterm>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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- Specifies the number of keepalive packets to send on an otherwise idle
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- connection. A value of 0 uses the system default. This parameter is
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+ Specifies the number of TCP keepalives that can be lost before
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+ the server's connection to the client is considered dead. A value of 0
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+ uses the system default. This parameter is
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supported only on systems that support the <symbol>TCP_KEEPCNT</>
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symbol; on other systems, it must be zero.
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In sessions connected via a Unix-domain socket, this parameter is
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