From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 25 18:01:19 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BD2516A419 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:01:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tge.bsd@googlemail.com) Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com (mu-out-0910.google.com [209.85.134.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1F4813C47E for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:01:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tge.bsd@googlemail.com) Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id w9so511132mue.6 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:01:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; bh=x7ln60jZL2mibrzZ2/ORW+4lh/EkqF1ZWCW/XyGsHaA=; b=oEKUAoNLQzOHoqKAV2kFzpOlLgAbiF1klFyKftr4Ha2XWWdabvVnFb7IhpJVuyI3RWC+OTini5ds/Ic+T2oal8t3cJowgM+mygCXIYRp99Scj3lMYUTa0nH5eJdIyWyXWeuXgUijID8363LLfV4SG0xQWAFofmn749EdwEPLrKo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=rm6VGf80XdI/R4g/NsytrFV0ET9tWJ+m/+WhGvud3GiRnxqPdU11r/d5s4b41xI+oddxpkk7VZ00ThzjC1bNWUd1qfazvwVqxA3bq1USN2ba8c6Xeh4BsSh4iKjtFW3zmkes+Q0fPQvbg0RQ0j/uKwGZV9BuOwH1vUnuIKAHIB0= Received: by 10.78.168.1 with SMTP id q1mr3326075hue.76.1201282630745; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:37:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.144.9 with HTTP; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:37:10 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <83fad2cc0801250937j21345911v3ab98110958ca335@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:37:10 +0100 From: "Tge B" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Bizarre TIME_WAIT socket buildup problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:01:19 -0000 Hi list! On FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE (GENERIC i386), I am experiencing a rather worrying situation: connections to some ports (namely, 80 and 25) end up in a TIME_WAIT state - normal - but none have been removed in the last 24 hours. My net.inet.tcp.msl was set to the default 30000, a few hours ago I changed it to 5000 to no avail - all new connections end up in the TIME_WAIT line, at the bottom of which are connections from almost 24 hours ago that have been in the TIME_WAIT state ever since. I have Googled for a clue to the origin of this problem, but have found nothing - can someone shed some light onto why such a buildup could be taking place at all? P.S.: even after shutting Apache down the TIME_WAIT's remained, not a single one dropped since yesterday. Any help would be very much appreciated!