Re: RE: RE: Thin Clients and TCP/IP

["Mike Naughton" <mnaughton@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dale,

I got a little more info today -- apparently, we've got very big time-out
values on our system because the operators in the shop (the same ones
getting the thin clients) really do use their machines very sporadically
as a general rule.  They'll log a few values into the system, then run the
machine for a while (maybe hours), then log a few more values, etc. So
time-outs aren't going to help us, and I'm not sure there's anything that
will. . . . 

At least it's not the worst problem we could have -- really an annoyance,
more than anything. Anyway, thanks again for your help!

MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com writes:
>The extra unused sessions only hang around for a little bit before timing
>out. Try it sometime and time how long it takes from another session. I'm
>pretty darn sure a named device can only have one session, but, one client
>*could* have more than one named device. It would just be another shortcut
>on the desktop. But, if you are choking down your user to use only a named
>device, well, fugettaboutit, your security is going to force this problem
>and nothing you can do about it except to train the user to wait X minutes
>before trying to sign on again. See sentence #2 above.


Mike Naughton
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Judd Wire, Inc.
124 Turnpike Road
Turners Falls, MA  01376
413-863-4357 x444
mnaughton@juddwire.com

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