From 19866609f3f0648cbfbfb9eb572fa9995a3be398 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jacob Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 19:41:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] "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. git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@4818 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e --- doc/errors.but | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) 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 -- 2.11.0