Document that keep alive will double the second value in server mode and give a short explanation why the value is chosen.

PATCH Superseded Arne Schwabe 1 participant 1 message Sep 3, 2012

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2012-09-03 11:57 UTC #0 lore raw

PATCH 2/2 Document that keep alive will double the second value in server mode and give a short explanation why the value is chosen.

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 doc/openvpn.8 |    6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

doc/openvpn.8 +5 -1

index f586744..bfc8c25 100644
@@ -1582,7 +1582,11 @@ A helper directive designed to simplify the expression of
 .B \-\-ping
 and
 .B \-\-ping-restart
-in server mode configurations.
+in server mode configurations. 
+
+The server timeout is set twice the value of the second argument. 
+This ensures that a timeout is dectected on client side before the
+before server side drops the connection.
 
 For example,
 .B \-\-keepalive 10 60

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