Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:38:29 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: Eli Dart <dart@nersc.gov> Cc: Omer Faruk Sen <ofsen@enderunix.org> Subject: Re: time Message-ID: <20041011203609.N77693@odysseus.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <20041011181026.35775F987@gemini.nersc.gov> References: <20041011181026.35775F987@gemini.nersc.gov>
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On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Eli Dart wrote: > > In reply to Omer Faruk Sen <ofsen@enderunix.org> : > >> According to the very old article stated >> http://www.totse.com/en/technology/computer_technology/162444.html there is >> no way to tune time_wait timeout in FreeBSD. But since it is very old >> article my question is this: >> >> Is there a way to change the time_wait timeout value in FreeBSD? > > sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.msl=<milliseconds> > > The default is 30000 (30 seconds). > > --eli That may have other sideeffects, however. In FreeBSD 5.x, the TIME_WAIT timeout is not configurable, but time_wait sockets are stored in a seperate hash table. Also, they are now terminated prematurely when there is a shortage of ephemeral ports. As a result, time_wait sockets are no longer the problem they were in certain situations under 4.x. Mike "Silby" Silbersack
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