<sect1 id="timeouts">

<sect1info>

<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Lauri</firstname>
<surname>Watts</surname>
<affiliation><address><email>lauri@kde.org</email></address></affiliation>
</author>

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</authorgroup>

<date>2002-02-16</date>
<releaseinfo>3.00.00</releaseinfo>

<keywordset>
<keyword>KDE</keyword>
<keyword>kdebase</keyword>
<keyword>kcontrol</keyword>
<keyword>network</keyword>
<keyword>timeouts</keyword>
</keywordset>

</sect1info>

<title>Preferences</title>

<para>Here you can set timeout values.  You might want to tweak them
if your connection is very slow, but the default settings are
appropriate for most users.</para>

<para>Here <guilabel>Timeout Values</guilabel> are the length of time
an application should wait for an answer from a network operation.</para>

<para>You can configure the following timeouts:</para>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Socket Read</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets how long to wait for a socket read operation. <!-- FIXME: *what*
is a socket read operation? Why should a user care? -->
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Proxy Connect</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets how long to wait for a connection to a proxy server, if one is configured.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Server Connect</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets how long to wait for a connection to a remote server.  
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Server Response</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets how long to wait for a reply from a remote server.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

<para>You can configure <guilabel>FTP Options</guilabel> here.  At
present there is just one option, <guilabel>Enable Passive Mode
(PASV)</guilabel>.</para>

<para>Passive &FTP; is often required when you are behind a firewall.
Many firewalls only permit connections that were initiated from
<quote>the inside</quote>.  Passive &FTP; is controlled by the client,
which makes it usable through firewalls.</para>

<sect2>
<title>Section Author</title>

<para>This section written by:</para>
<para>Lauri Watts <email>lauri@kde.org</email></para>

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</sect2>

</sect1>
