[Xastir] Feature request AGW reconnect

[Curt, WE7U]

On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, Tony Hunt wrote:

> The reconnect time seems excessive at times. I have not checked this out 
> thouroughly . Ive seen it take nearly 5 mins at times but it does recover 
> repeatedly. Ive messed about with Internet server ports and the recovery 
> feature more in the past. It seems to work in a similar way with AGW. At some 
> point after repeated retrys Ive seen it take up to 10 mins before it actually 
> reconnects even with the Internet connection being available for the full 10 
> mins. There may be some sort of sliding timer which backs off after x number 
> of failed retrys on a short term basis.

I believe that's what the other interfaces do as well:  5 minutes to
initial detect, up to another 5 minutes to do the reconnect.

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