Re: Practical limit for number of TCP connections?

[Ronald F. Guilmette]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 
you wrote:

>
>
>On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
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>> # Increase the max # of open sockets, systemwide (use only on older kernels)
>> #/sbin/sysctl -w kern.somaxconn=16384
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>Regarding the comment, "use only on older kernels", why only on older
>kernels?

Ummm.... because newer kernels don't seem to have any such parameter.
:-)

>What classifies as an older kernel--pre-3.0?  pre-3.3?

Try executing the command:

        /sbin/sysctl -w kern.somaxconn=16384

as root.  If it works, then you have an ``older'' kernel.  If it doesn't,
then you have a ``newer'' one.



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