Re: Maximum Number of TCP Connections for Red Hat Linux 8.x

From: Arne Schmitz (arne.schmitz_at_mmweg.rwth-aachen.de)
Date: 12/09/04 

Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 22:49:12 +0100

DEngelbrechtBT schrieb:

> Could anyone tell me what the default for the maximum number of TCP
> connections is for Red Hat Linux 8.x and how to change this value?

That depends. Are you using iptables for routing and/or firewalling? If so,
then you might want to change the ip_conntrack values. Look at these
special files (just "cat" them -- values can be written with "echo"):

/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_conntrack_max
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_max

Although, the default is somewhere arounde 32.000, I think. That should be
sufficient for most cases.

Arne 

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