kcontrol5/netpref/index.docbook

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0009 <articleinfo>
0010 <title>Connection Preferences</title>
0011 <authorgroup>
0012 <author>&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;</author>
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0014 <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
0015 </authorgroup>
0016
0017 <date>2016-11-10</date>
0018 <releaseinfo>Frameworks 5.29</releaseinfo>
0019
0020 <keywordset>
0021 <keyword>KDE</keyword>
0022 <keyword>kdebase</keyword>
0023 <keyword>kcontrol</keyword>
0024 <keyword>network</keyword>
0025 <keyword>timeouts</keyword>
0026 </keywordset>
0027
0028 </articleinfo>
0029
0030 <sect1 id="timeouts">
0031
0032 <title>Connection Preferences</title>
0033
0034 <para>Here you can set timeout values.  You might want to tweak them
0035 if your connection is very slow, but the default settings are
0036 appropriate for most users.</para>
0037
0038 <para>Here <guilabel>Timeout Values</guilabel> are the length of time
0039 an application should wait for an answer from a network operation.</para>
0040
0041 <para>You can configure the following timeouts:</para>
0042
0043 <variablelist>
0044 <varlistentry>
0045 <term><guilabel>Socket read:</guilabel></term>
0046 <listitem>
0047 <para> Some applications use <firstterm>sockets</firstterm> to
0048 communicate.  You can think of a socket as a water tap; while it is
0049 open, water (or in our case, data) comes out, without any interaction.
0050 If something stops this flow of data, the application will wait for
0051 more to come.  This could be a very long time, but you can configure a
0052 maximum time for an application to wait with this option.</para>
0053 <para>This setting will only apply to &kde; applications, of course.</para>
0054 </listitem>
0055 </varlistentry>
0056
0057 <varlistentry>
0058 <term><guilabel>Proxy connect:</guilabel></term>
0059 <listitem>
0060 <para>
0061 Sets how long to wait for a connection to a proxy server, if one is configured.
0062 </para>
0063 </listitem>
0064 </varlistentry>
0065
0066 <varlistentry>
0067 <term><guilabel>Server connect:</guilabel></term>
0068 <listitem>
0069 <para>
0070 Sets how long to wait for a connection to a remote server.
0071 </para>
0072 </listitem>
0073 </varlistentry>
0074
0075 <varlistentry>
0076 <term><guilabel>Server response:</guilabel></term>
0077 <listitem>
0078 <para>
0079 Sets how long to wait for a reply from a remote server.
0080 </para>
0081 </listitem>
0082 </varlistentry>
0083
0084 </variablelist>
0085
0086 <para>You can configure <guilabel>FTP Options</guilabel> here.  At
0087 present there is just two options:</para>
0088 <variablelist>
0089 <varlistentry>
0090 <term><guilabel>Enable passive mode (PASV)</guilabel></term>
0091 <listitem><para>Passive &FTP; is often required when you are behind a firewall.
0092 Many firewalls only permit connections that were initiated from
0093 <quote>the inside</quote>.  Passive &FTP; is controlled by the client,
0094 which makes it usable through firewalls.</para></listitem>
0095 </varlistentry>
0096
0097 <varlistentry>
0098 <term><guilabel>Mark partially uploaded files</guilabel></term>
0099 <listitem><para>When a mark is placed in this box, partially uploaded files will
0100 have a <literal role="extension">.part</literal> extension added to the end
0101 of the file. This extension is removed once the file download is complete.</para></listitem>
0102 </varlistentry>
0103
0104 </variablelist>
0105
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0107
0108 </sect1>
0109 </article>