connection request rejected by interface engine

[Noel Field]

here is my problem

I have a thread which is setup as a server. Like any other client-server process there are periods of high and low activity. After the client sends its last transmission, the sending client goes to sleep until it has more data. The problem, is that when it wakes up from this period of sleep, it issues a connection request to the interface engine ( TCP packet ) . The engine wont allow the connection request presumbably since the original connection to the client was not terminated

Now i realize there are plenty of reasons why on the client side it may feel the need to send a reconnection request. The people who own the sending system are investigating things on their end. In the mean time,

Is there a interface thread configuration option that will clear a connection following a set period of inactivity.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again

noel

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[Jim Kosloskey]

Noel,

There is no configuration to do that (after all that is not the way things are supposed to work).

However I suppose you could configure an alert to check for inactivity and then stop and start the thread (via an exec). Seem like a heavy handed way to do things though.

email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 29+ years Cloverleaf, 59 years IT - old fart.

[Mark Thompson]

Noel,

Have you tried setting your thread up as multi-server?  That way you can allow a new connection before the old one has terminated.  If you are creating inbound replies, you may need to update your reply procs to send the reply to the correct multi-server client.  See http://clovertech.infor.com/viewtopic.php?t=795&highlight=multiserver

- Mark Thompson
HealthPartners

[Brahim AlHawwas]

Noel,

Have you tried “delay connection until needed” tick on the configurations of tcp/ip. I think this would help resolving the problem. Remember to untick the option of ” Auto reconnect” as well.

[James Cobane]

Noel,

Like Mark, I would look at setting the thread up as a multi-server type.  It’s easy to configure, and just a matter of deciding the number of allowable connections, plus making the necessary code change to the acknowledgement proc to ack back to the appropriate client connection.

Jim Cobane

Henry Ford Health

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