keepalive
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A keepalive (KA) is a message sent by one device to another to check that the link between the two is operating, or to prevent the link from being broken.
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11 sectionsContents
- Description
- TCP keepalive
- Probe TCP packets
- Keepalive algorithm and configuration
- General behavior
- Real world default behavior
- Keepalive on higher layers
- Similar concepts
- HTTP keepalive
- See also
- References
A keepalive (KA) is a message sent by one device to another to check that the link between the two is operating, or to prevent the link from being broken.
==Description==
Connections
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Internet
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International Standard Book Number
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digital object identifier
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HTTP
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Q11230
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router
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Internet protocol suite
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Ethernet
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firewall
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communication protocol
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network switch
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User Datagram Protocol
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Transport Layer Security
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network address translation
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Q188876
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Windows Server 2008
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OpenVPN
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Server Message Block
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bandwidth
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