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Issue:
Controller is configured behind a firewall, the problem is the connection drops several times per day.
Solution:
The latest findings from engineering show that there are 2 items in the firewall settings that can cause the Perle controller to drop off line. The following findings were based on the Cisco PIX firewall configuration, however, other non-Cisco firewalls may also include similar timeout parameters. There are 2 timeout parameters in the firewall configuration that are believed to be causing the problem. The 2 timeout items are called "xlate" and "conn" as shown below:
timeout xlate 3:00:00
timeout conn 1:00:00 half-closed 0:10:00 udp 0:02:00 rpc 0:10:00 h323 0:05:00 sip 0:30:00 ip_media :02:00
The recommendation is to disable both of the timeout items by specifying "0:00:00" in the firewall configuration.
Note: 24:00:00 will not disable but will keep the sessions open.
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xlate hh:mm:ss |
Idle time until a translation slot is freed.
This duration must be at least 1 minute.
The default is 3 hours. |
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conn hh:mm:ss |
Idle time until a connection slot is freed.
Use 0:0:0 for the time value to never time out a connection.
This duration must be at least 5 minutes. The default is 1 hour. |
Article
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353 |
| Published: |
6/18/2003 12:34:08 PM |
Last
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4/2/2004 11:56:20 AM |
Issue Type: |
FAQ |
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