From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 18 15:41:56 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from monkeys.com (i180.value.net [206.14.136.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFCE614C9E for ; Sat, 18 Dec 1999 15:41:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rfg@monkeys.com) Received: from monkeys.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by monkeys.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA43838; Sat, 18 Dec 1999 15:41:40 -0800 (PST) To: Ken Bolingbroke Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Practical limit for number of TCP connections? In-reply-to: Your message of Sat, 18 Dec 1999 14:29:30 -0800. Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 15:41:40 -0800 Message-ID: <43836.945560500@monkeys.com> From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , you wrote: > > >On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > >> # Increase the max # of open sockets, systemwide (use only on older kernels) >> #/sbin/sysctl -w kern.somaxconn=16384 > >Regarding the comment, "use only on older kernels", why only on older >kernels? Ummm.... because newer kernels don't seem to have any such parameter. :-) >What classifies as an older kernel--pre-3.0? pre-3.3? Try executing the command: /sbin/sysctl -w kern.somaxconn=16384 as root. If it works, then you have an ``older'' kernel. If it doesn't, then you have a ``newer'' one. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message