From: Jacob Nevins Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 19:41:41 +0000 (+0000) Subject: "Software caused connection abort": a couple of people now have got rid of X-Git-Tag: 0.58~370 X-Git-Url: https://asedeno.scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6e8de53dcb707699e9090222f31898f99dec1960;p=PuTTY.git "Software caused connection abort": a couple of people now have got rid of this with keepalives. Also try to emphasise that this seems to be a generic catch-all type of error. [originally from svn r4818] --- diff --git a/doc/errors.but b/doc/errors.but index c5f80436..c87c0f6b 100644 --- a/doc/errors.but +++ b/doc/errors.but @@ -244,16 +244,19 @@ of \c{su} do it automatically. \H{errors-connaborted} \q{Network error: Software caused connection abort} -This error occurs when the Windows network code decides that your -network connection is dead. For example, it will happen if you pull -the network cable out of the back of an Ethernet-connected computer, -or if Windows has any other similar reason to believe the entire -network has become unreachable. +This is a generic error produced by the Windows network code when it +decides that your network connection is dead. For example, it might +happen if you pull the network cable out of the back of an +Ethernet-connected computer, or if Windows has any other similar +reason to believe the entire network has become unreachable. We are not aware of any reason why this error might occur that would represent a bug in PuTTY. The problem is between you, your Windows system, your network and the remote system. +Some people have reported that enabling keepalives (see +\k{config-keepalive}) fixes this error for them. + \H{errors-connreset} \q{Network error: Connection reset by peer} This error occurs when the machines at each end of a network