[jcifs] Issues with connections to servers that reboot

[André Warnier]

Sean Daley wrote:
> Hi Mike,
> 
> I've spent some more time troubleshooting this in my environment and I think the
> problem is more on my end than the JCIFS end.  For some reason, I have
> a particular
> server that when I reboot it, the connection to it will stay in an
> ESTABLISHED state
> for 15 - 16 minutes or so.  After about 15 minutes the connection will
> eventually die.
> I haven't fully figured out why that's happening yet but that seems to
> be the main
> fact that's causing me problems.
> 
..
Could it be that the connection to that particular server is going through another node 
(firewall, router, tunnel..) and that it is this intermediate node which makes the 
connection appear to still be alive ?