> Hi...
>
> We are using OS/2 TCP/IP with Reflection to connect to HP3K.  After one
> hour of inactivity, the users enters a carrige return at the workstation
> and the HP replies with a reset.  Within NMMGR there are two settings.
> "Connection assurance interval" default value 600 seconds.  Also there is a
> "Maximum connection assurance retransmissions" default value 4 seconds.
>
> What do these do?  (I have the NMMGR manual, but in simpler terms)
>
> a>  Keep the session alive   OR
> b>  Abort the session due to lack of user activity
>

Juan,
The answer is:
c. Abort the session due to user disconnect eg. close window or switch PC off
without exit or bye from MPE session.

From NMMGR's help text:

Connection assurance interval (Secs)
     Allows you to adjust the time you wait for resources
     to be released after an idle disconnect.  Increase this
     value if you are experiencing too much overhead for
     retries due to idle disconnects.  Decrease if you are
     waiting too long for resources to be freed due to idle
     disconnects.
     Default Value: 600
     Range: 10-32767

Maximum connection assurance retransmissions
     This is the maximum number of times that TCP will
     transmit a connection assurance packet to a non-
     responding remote system.  Together with the Connection
     Assurance Interval, this value defines the time it will
     take for an idle connection to abort if the remote TCP
     fails to respond.
     Default Value: 4
     Range: 1-999

What do you have defined in Sysgen's CI TIMEOUT?
 sysgen> mi
   misc> sh se
      SESSION command       parameter        MAX          MIN         CURRENT
      -----------------    -----------    ----------   ----------   ----------
      CI TIMEOUT (MIN)     citimeout             546            0            0
   misc>

Regards,
Fred