Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 06:45:44 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Limiting closed port RST response from XXX to 200... Message-ID: <20051018064421.P20643@odysseus.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <20051018092048.GB3541@britannica.bec.de> References: <3.0.1.32.20051017175115.00a52d18@pop.redshift.com> <20051018092048.GB3541@britannica.bec.de>
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On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote: > On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 05:51:15PM -0700, ray@redshift.com wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On a server I'm benchmark testing, via local host, I'm getting Limiting closed >> port RST response from XXXX to 200 packets/sec on the console when I'm running a >> lot of local connections very quickly all at once (about 7500 per second). I've >> added the following: > > Check that you don't run out of TCP ports. Adjusting MSS might help, > netstat -an would show a long list of ports. > > Joerg The 5.x and 6.x series don't let you run out of ports due to TIME_WAIT sockets accumulating, so please stop spreading the advice that people should twiddle with the MSL. It's no longer useful advice. Mike "Silby" Silbersack
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