>It's all very well saying it's a TCP/IP problem and that eventually the >node will come free, but Spider Island charges quite a high rate for >additional nodes (unless you have plumped for unlimited) and having >nodes idly tied up for sometimes an hour is not very helpful when one >has clients trying to log on to download urgent material! > >Also, there MUST be a bug in TF regarding this because even if the sysop >notices the problem and tries to stop the node it will just hang and >still take ages to reset, unless you do a force quit of the whole >program. > >Whatever the cause is, this IS a TeleFinder problem. Maybe Spider Island >should consider upgrading the licenses for sysops that are having this >problem to unlimited nodes until SI has come up with a solution.
What I think needs to be asked, is if there is a way that Rusty can let TF Server sysop/webmasters to change the TCP/IP/server idle detect time so that TF Server can reset the node earlier than having to wait for TCP/IP to notice a problem. Or at least, for the time being, for the Sysop/webmaster to be able to reset the node, no matter what.
