From: Tasuka Amano Hsu (tasuka@mac.com)
Date: Tue Jun 21 2005 - 14:32:04 GMT-3
Hi,
   We have 2 problems inside our network, we found some sessions will  
be randomly disconnected. the session is connected to SQL server via  
ODBC from Windows 2000, and connect forever without disconnected when  
session established. But in a random time pass, sessions will be  
disconnected and loss some packets ( 5 to 10 packets ) when test via  
ICMP ping. The server is across a layer 3 IP network exchange ospf  
routing in a single area 0.
In my guess, when the TCP session connect a long time without data,  
does the layer 3 switch / router will has a aging time up and purge  
the ARP table to make the session disconnected because when data was  
ready to send but the session is not start established and hope to  
directly to send ( the application think the session still  
connected ), int that time, the switch already purge ARP table  
because aging time out ? so when the user restart establish the  
session or use ping and every thing is worked ? because the session  
be established so client re-check the routing table and the switch re- 
learn the ARP so the data will be send and received, but if long  
enough the aging time out, ARP table purge then will need to re- 
established session ?
I hope your guy has experience this kind of problem before and know  
how to resolved it.
Sincerely,
Tasuka
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