> I'm trying to create a TCPClient-TCPServer connection through a WAN.
> For this I have one router calls the other. Establishing a connection
> between the routers works fine but takes some time. The routers start
> to connect at TcpClient::Connect because this tries to reach an ip
> adres in a different segment and this is intercepted by the router.
> This all works fine but the TcpClient comes back with a exception
> indicating that the connection failed BEFORE the routers connect. So
> it times out to quickly.

> I have to questions.
> How can I adjust the time the TcpClient waits before it timesout?
> Is this approach ever going to work?

> Thanks for any advice.

> Wim

> I do not know the answer to your specific question but..

> An IP router forewarding packets is connectionless in operation
however,
> depending on the implementation, it may have to populate a route
cache. The
> worst case scenario occurs when all routers between the source and
> destination need to go thru this process. You can test if setup time
is your
> problem byby first sending a ping (ICMP echo request) to your
detination
> host. Once you have a reply from the ping then test if your
application
> works. This will determine if setup time is an issue.

> Also, are you sure you are not getting an ICMP error message, such
as
> destination unreachable, being returned by one of the routers?

> Andrew

> Wim Bekker <wim@#NOSPAM#divirec.com> wrote in message
> news:3bcd4ea2_2@dnews...
> > Hi,

> > I'm trying to create a TCPClient-TCPServer connection through a
WAN.
> > For this I have one router calls the other. Establishing a
connection
> > between the routers works fine but takes some time. The routers
start
> > to connect at TcpClient::Connect because this tries to reach an ip
> > adres in a different segment and this is intercepted by the
router.
> > This all works fine but the TcpClient comes back with a exception
> > indicating that the connection failed BEFORE the routers connect.
So
> > it times out to quickly.

> > I have to questions.
> > How can I adjust the time the TcpClient waits before it timesout?
> > Is this approach ever going to work?

> > Thanks for any advice.

> > Wim