Hello, Mike Hammer <mike-hammer@usa.net> wrote: > 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? No, it's a static value. The timeout for TFTP is the same for every packet and every retry. > 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? Yes, exactly. > Finally what does it mean when the TFTP client displays, > "block x != block y" during transfer. It means that the client received a block numbered 'x', while it was expecting block number 'y'. It will then send a new acknowledge for the preceding block to tell the server to send block 'y' again. gero. -- Every opportunity we have to run our R&D scientists and engineers against our customers, we do it. - George Heilmeier, Texas Instruments -- Gero Kuhlmann, Hannover 0511/6497525 (Voice) gero@gkminix.han.de
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