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authorrwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>2002-01-19 03:44:42 +0000
committerrwatson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>2002-01-19 03:44:42 +0000
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o Clarify that various sysctl timing values are in milliseconds.
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/tcp.4 b/share/man/man4/tcp.4
index 7341f98..df780f1 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/tcp.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/tcp.4
@@ -225,14 +225,15 @@ The number of packets allowed to be in-flight during the
.Tn TCP
slow-start phase to local machines in the same subnet.
.It tcp.msl
-The Maximum Segment Lifetime for a packet.
+The Maximum Segment Lifetime, in millseconds, for a packet.
.It tcp.keepinit
-Timeout for new, non-established TCP connections.
+Timeout, in milliseconds, for new, non-established TCP connections.
.It tcp.keepidle
-Amount of time the connection should be idle before keepalive
-probes (if enabled) are sent.
+Amount of time, in milliseconds, that the connection must be idle
+before keepalive probes (if enabled) are sent.
.It tcp.keepintvl
-The interval between keepalive probes sent to remote machines.
+The interval, in milliseconds, between keepalive probes sent to remote
+machines.
After
.Dv TCPTV_KEEPCNT
(default 8) probes are sent, with no response, the connection is dropped.
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ See
.It tcp.delayed_ack
Delay ACK to try and piggyback it onto a data packet.
.It tcp.delacktime
-Maximum amount of time before a delayed ACK is sent.
+Maximum amount of time, in milliseconds, before a delayed ACK is sent.
.It tcp.newreno
Enable TCP NewReno Fast Recovery algorithm,
as described in RFC 2582.
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