Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Connection timeout at router

Connection drops when downloading data from remote server, specially when downloading larger files giving an error: "connection timed out while trying to retrieve data from host.domainname.tld
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  1. Farrukh NasimFebruary 4, 2009 at 9:09 AM

    Check for setting following values in TCP/IP stack:
    1. MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit)
    2. RWIN (Receiving Window)at client side if you suspect it's a client side issue
    3. MSS (Maximum Segment Size).
    Generally setting one or more of the above solves many communication problems.

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