Timeout of session

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Posted on Friday, May 23, 2003 - 01:15 pm:

We are running a WTLS version of WAP3GX WAP gateway over GPRS, and we have noticed that the sessions on the gateway stay active for quite a while even though the user has ended the connection. Is there a way to change that timeout so that it is shorter, and the inactive user sessions are terminated after e.g. 1 minute?

Kent Williams

Posted on Friday, May 23, 2003 - 02:45 pm:

You can ... but ... beware that most WTLS client implementations that we have tested cannot successfully recover from a session that has dropped, forcing the user to reconnect to the server (it can be particularly confusing to a user with the Nokia 7650/3650).

The following configuration setting can be entered into the WAPGW.INI file under the [WAPGW] section header.

SessionTimeout=####

This setting specifies a timeout value, in minutes, after which a gateway session will be automatically timed out. The default value is 10 minutes. Use caution when setting this value to lower values, as while most clients will automatically reconnect after a session timeout, some clients will report an error message.

- Kent Williams
WAP3GX Support