Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 10:41:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Oliver Menzel <omenzel@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD NET <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Decreasing MSL value Message-ID: <19980602174132.24827.rocketmail@send1c.yahoomail.com>
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Hello,
Im considering decreasing the default MSL value so that my tcp
connections exit faster from the TIME_WAIT state
Would this be right way to do this?
in /usr/src/sys/netinet
--- tcp_timer.orig.h Tue Jun 2 13:30:40 1998
+++ tcp_timer.h Tue Jun 2 13:30:55 1998
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
/*
* Time constants.
*/
-#define TCPTV_MSL ( 30*PR_SLOWHZ) /* max seg
lifetime (hah!) */
+#define TCPTV_MSL ( 20*PR_SLOWHZ) /* max seg
lifetime (hah!) */
#define TCPTV_SRTTBASE 0 /* base
roundtrip time;
if 0, no idea yet */
#define TCPTV_RTOBASE ( 3*PR_SLOWHZ) /* assumed RTO
if no info */
Another words set the TCPTV_MSL to 20 seconds, thus lowering 2MSL for
TIME_WAIT to 40s from 60s.
TIA
Oliver
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