[jdev] XEP-0199 (XMPP Ping) to test reliability

[Yann Leboulanger]

Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> Yann Leboulanger wrote:
>> Is it a good idea for a client to xmpp-ping server every X seconds to 
>> test if it's still available, in order to detect server shutdown, 
>> connection cut ... ?
> 
> Not really. It's pretty verbose. We generally prefer to send whitespace 
> over the TCP connection. We usually call that "whitespace ping".
> 
> Peter
> 

That won't inform us if connection is brocken or server is down as those 
whitespace ping don't receive a pong ...

-- 
Yann