On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 09:08:22AM -0400, PSI, Mike Smith wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > > Are the TIME_WAIT sockets building up on the client or the server? > > > > 5.x has some features so that it does not allow too many TIME_WAIT sockets > > to build up beyond a certain threshold, but if you're using 4.x we can > > still tweak some sysctl values to achieve the effect you want. > > > > Mike "Silby" Silbersack > > > > > > Seems like there might be some interest in this after all.....so I'll go > back to the list (feel free to chase this topic off if it is actually of > little interest - I won't be offended). > > The buildup of the TIME_WAIT sockets is on the SERVER side. And I am using > FreeBSD 4.7 (with an incredible amount of kernel mods for ISO, QOS, > Air/Ground communications support, etc.) Mods don't affect this problem but > is why I am stuck with FreeBSD 4.7.
On FreeBSD 4.x we use 'sysctl net.inet.tcp.keepintvl=7500' to speed up the reuse of tcp sockets, because the loadbalancer in front of it handles the connections anyway... Marc
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