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Date:      Fri, 22 May 1998 15:14:34 +1000
From:      "Shevland, Joe" <Joe.Shevland@Central.tased.edu.au>
To:        "'Mark Mayo'" <mark@vmunix.com>
Cc:        "'isp@freebsd.org'" <isp@FreeBSD.ORG>, "'hackers@freebsd.org'" <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: TIME_WAIT/FIN_WAIT_2... 
Message-ID:  <c=AU%a=_%p=tased%l=EOSNTS2-980522051434Z-7046@eosnts2.ecc.tased.edu.au>

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Scuse any ignorance on these matters, but are the following true
statements? (just curious):

i) Sockets in a TIME_WAIT state do not have a (an open?) file descriptor
associated with them
ii) Sockets waiting for a FIN segment or in the FIN_WAIT_2 state do.

>> [trimmed] So I have ~3000
>> sockets in TIME_WAIT/FIN and only about 100 ESTABLISHED.
>> 
>> Is this normal?? It doesn't seem like it to me. If not, what would be
>> causing it, and what should I look at tuning on the Slowaris box??
>
>You might be able to tune down the closing delay, but in reality I 
>can't see it as a "real" problem unless the number is growing or you 
>are resource-starved because of it.
>
>Of course, the "correct" tuning action would be to replace Solaris with 
>FreeBSD.
>
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