From: rick.jones2@hp.com   
      
   sangeeta chowdhary  wrote:   
   > I have one question related to TCP keepalive timer. If keepalive   
   > timer expires, then we send a probe packet, and client respond with   
   > ack. I want to know where this ACK is processed.   
      
   Somewhere in the TCP code - where exactly will depend on the specific   
   stack (Linux, BSD, HP-UX, AIX, Solaris, etc etc).   
      
   > When we get ack for probe packet, we reset the timer. Where   
   > resetting of timer has been done?   
      
   Same as above.   
      
   > When we get ACK for probe packet, do we increase the congestion window?   
   > Looking forward to your response.   
      
   The keepalive probe is not actual (current) data.   
      
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