[Qt-interest] QTcpServer timeout ?

[Thiago Macieira]

On Wednesday 21. July 2010 11.00.34 BRM wrote:
> The TCP Stack Keep Alive is the proper way to do this.Every modern TCP
> stack  supports TCP Keep Alive. TCP KeepAlive is  explicitly provided so
> that you don't have to do it in your application.

I don't think it is the proper tool for the job.

TCP Keep-Alive has a timeout of several hours. It's way more than the usual 
inactivity timer in NAT firewalls.

You need to do data transfer from the client side to the server.

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