# tcp/ip server timeout

- From: Michael D. Berger \<hidden\>
- Date: 2012-06-10 22:32:44 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2012/06/10896841
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2012/06/10896841/t.md

```text
Using Linux, Fedora 16.
Is there a way to have a tcp/ip server socket signal or
disconnect when there has been no traffic in either
direction for, say, 5 minutes?

Thanks for your help,
Mike.
```