Configuring tcp timers, Configuring icmp to send error packets, Advantages of sending icmp error packets – H3C Technologies H3C SecBlade LB Cards User Manual
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Step Command
Remarks
2.
Configure the size of TCP
receive/send buffer.
tcp window window-size
Optional.
8 KB by default.
Configuring TCP timers
You can configure the following TCP timers:
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synwait timer—When sending a SYN packet, TCP starts the synwait timer. If no response packet is
received within the synwait timer interval, the TCP connection cannot be created.
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finwait timer—When a TCP connection is changed into FIN_WAIT_2 state, the finwait timer is
started.
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If no FIN packet is received within the timer interval, the TCP connection is terminated. If a FIN
packet is received, the TCP connection state changes to TIME_WAIT.
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If a non-FIN packet is received, the system restarts the timer upon receiving the last non-FIN
packet. The connection is broken after the timer expires.
The actual finwait timer is determined by the following formula:
Actual finwait timer = (Configured finwait timer – 75) + configured synwait timer
To configure TCP timers:
Step Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Configure the TCP
timers.
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Configure the TCP synwait timer:
tcp timer syn-timeout time-value
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Configure the TCP finwait timer:
tcp timer fin-timeout time-value
Optional.
By default:
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The TCP synwait timer is 75 seconds.
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The TCP finwait timer is 675 seconds.
Configuring ICMP to send error packets
Sending error packets is a major function of ICMP. Error packets are usually sent by the network or
transport layer protocols to notify the source device of network failures or errors.
Advantages of sending ICMP error packets
ICMP error packets include redirect, timeout, and destination unreachable packets.
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ICMP redirect packets
A host may have only a default route to the default gateway in its routing table after startup. If the
following conditions are satisfied, the default gateway sends ICMP redirect packets to the source
host, telling it to reselect a correct next hop to send the subsequent packets:
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The receiving and forwarding interfaces are the same.
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The selected route has not been created or modified by an ICMP redirect packet.
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The selected route is not the default route of the device.