From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 12 16:21:27 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E32F716A4CE; Thu, 12 Feb 2004 16:21:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from ikarus.gardrail.com (wv-hdgsvle-cmts2b-87.shphwv.adelphia.net [68.67.83.87]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67BD843D1F; Thu, 12 Feb 2004 16:21:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@gardrail.com) Received: from mail.gardrail.com (ikarus.gardrail.com [68.67.83.87]) by ikarus.gardrail.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i1D0IuqV002814; Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:18:56 -0500 From: "Bill" To: net@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-firewall@freebsd.org, freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:18:56 -0500 Message-Id: <20040213001513.M60613@gardrail.com> X-Mailer: Open WebMail 2.10 20030720 X-OriginatingIP: 172.31.31.130 (wrude) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Subject: Obtaining 75k (active) concurrent tcp sessions.. X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Bill List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 00:21:28 -0000 What steps would I need to take in order to obtain 75,000 concurrent TCP sessions on a FreeBSD 5.2 system running on the following hardware: dual xenon 3ghz 1mb cache processors 2 gigs of memory two dual port fibre gigabit nic's 1 onboard copper 10/100 nic I read a post that was sent to freebsd-hackers, which mentioned an individual was able to obtain 1.6 million concurrent tcp sessions, so I assume it's possible. My goal is to setup a server, which is capable of accepting at least 75k tcp connections to perform some firewall stress tests at work. Given that information on this subject is quite scarce, I thought I'd post this question and see what type of response I get back. Any assistance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, Thanks in advance, -=-Bill-=-