Hi Howard, 

Thanks for the reply, I have taken this into account - so group
inactivity was already set to 0 (I haven't tried a large timeout yet
...)

I know the TCP parameter is for so called firewall timeouts - however,
the symptom I am having on the layer 3 switch is exactly the same -
packets get dropped that are inactive for an extended period. It seemed
like 2 hours - which I believe is the default setting for tcp/ip.

We have been told that the fact that the 2 machine are on the same
switch - but different vlan's should not have an affect - but we will be
testing it this weekend.

Any other input is appreciated!

Regards,
Riaan

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-----Original Message-----
From: Legato NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
On Behalf Of Howard Martin
Sent: 11 August 2006 12:33
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] Dropped Connection Ports

Probably you just need to set the groups inactivity timeout value to 
either 0 (never times out) or to a value larger than the worst case
backup 
time. On the GUI 
Customize - Groups - view hidden - Inactivity timeout (value in
minutes).
The tcp_keepalive_timer is only to stop firewall timeouts from messing
up 
the backups.

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