Re: TFTP timeout and maximum retry counts in "tftp.h"

[matthew@netsol.net (netsol,matthew)]

Hi,
	Sorry I am not so sure about what it means for the blockx=blocky symbol. 
Mybe it helps to look at the tftp source to find out.  Normally it needn't
to use tftp to trans files.

	Do you know any where I can get a tool to make the windows boot image?
	It seems from your E-mail that you are not from US.  Which country? it's
in Europ?
I am in CA, US.  Good to know you.
		Matthew 
			Future Lab
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> From: Mike Hammer <mike-hammer@usa.net>
> To: netboot@baghira.han.de
> Subject: TFTP timeout and maximum retry counts in "tftp.h"
> Date: Tuesday, August 12, 1997 3:55 PM
> 
> Hello,
> 
> In the header file, "tftp.h", the values for TFTP_RETRY and
> TFTP_TIMEOUT are set to 10 and 144 (8 seconds) respectively.
> I'm trying to understand this values to solve the problem
> i'm currently having which is timeouts and excessive retries.
> 
> Is the TFTP timeout value an initial timeout, i.e. first
> timeout is set to 8 seconds and afterwards, the timeout values
> are exponentially increased for each retries?
> 
> Thus, using the maximum retry counts and timeout value,
> does this mean that a retry will be performed (to receive
> the same data block) after a timeout of 8 seconds trying
> to receive a block of data?  And after 10 total retries, 
> TFTP will fail and bail out?
> 
> Finally what does it mean when the TFTP client displays,
> "block x != block y" during transfer.  After the display,
> it halts a little and the transfer starts at the next block.
> 
> Thank you very much,
> 
> -gshin
>