Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 01:00:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Marc Slemko <marcs@znep.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/8369: netstat seems to miss a connection Message-ID: <199810190800.BAA27548@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/8369; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Marc Slemko <marcs@znep.com> To: andrew@ugh.net.au Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/8369: netstat seems to miss a connection Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 00:56:32 -0700 (PDT) On Mon, 19 Oct 1998 andrew@ugh.net.au wrote: > >Description: > > I'm making a port and it is ftping a file from ftp.freebsd.org but the > connection is marked as FIN_WAIT_2 in netstat. The file is arriving according > to fetch and the modem receive light is full on but netstat says: > > Active Internet connections > Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address (state) > tcp 0 0 ts1m48.the-gc.ne.1037 foxy.ion.com.au.8080 FIN_WAIT_2 > tcp 0 0 ts1m13.the-gc.ne.1031 foxy.ion.com.au.8080 FIN_WAIT_2 Perfectly legitimate. FIN_WAIT_2 is a valid state when the connection has been half closed. No more data can be sent, but it can (and is) still accepting data. Using the -b option to fetch will avoid this, but it isn't a problem so there is no reason to avoid it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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