Hi, the configuration of 2.1.10 has the parameter num_answers_to_alive in proxy.conf. Looking at the source code, I found that instead, in realms.c, the config option num_pings_to_alive is used. num_answers is read from the config, but never referenced. If that's the case, then the config option in proxy.conf should be changed to be num_pings_to_alive, otherwise people will likely fail to tweak the value. Speaking of tweaking the value, I also found if (home->num_pings_to_alive < 3) home->num_pings_to_alive = 3; if (home->num_pings_to_alive > 10) home->num_pings_to_alive = 10; The documentation says that 3..10 are *useful* ranges, but doesn't mention that everything else is forbidden. In particular, I would like to use 1, not 3. The idea is: the server was dead before, but now it managed to send a reply back - so it must have been fixed. I would like to mark it alive immediately. Is that unreasonable? Greetings, Stefan Winter -- Stefan WINTER Ingenieur de Recherche Fondation RESTENA - Réseau Téléinformatique de l'Education Nationale et de la Recherche 6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi L-1359 Luxembourg Tel: +352 424409 1 Fax: +352 422473