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From: Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com>
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Subject: Re: java in a high latency network
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 19:08:57 -0800
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On 3/4/2014 10:12, xeon Mailinglist wrote:
> I am using a program that transfer files between the hosts. My
> problem is that the network between these hosts have a high latency
> (> 1sec), and sometimes my programs launch a error of
> "java.net.NoRouteToHostException: No route to host; ".
>
> I think this problem happens because of the latency. There is a way
> to configure the JVM for networks with high latency so that the time
> to try to connect to a remote host is longer?
>
> Thanks,
>

I would expect a timeout and a ConnectException not a 
NoRouteToHostException with a high latency.  The latter implies 
something blocking the connection as opposed to not accepting a 
connection.  Can you create an example that would cause the 
NoRouteToHostException with a response delay?

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Knute Johnson