From: Glenn Parker <glenn.parker@...>
Date: 2005-04-03T08:02:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Handling Timeout::Error from TCPSocket

Pat Maddox wrote:
> I'm going to be running this test every minute.  If it takes two
> minutes to time out, that doesn't do me any good.

Then just attempt a single connection and bag it after your desired 
total timeout.  In essence, it's already retrying internally (resending 
SYN packets) so you're just adding overhead without getting any benefit.

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