There is an extra 7 on that number, it was 48194 (was sitting on a different PC so I typed it instead of copy-paste).
On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 1:58 PM, William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Ray Soucy <r...@maine.edu> wrote: >> Like most web traffic, the majority of these connections open and >> close in under a second. When we get to a point that there is enough >> traffic from users behind the proxy to be generating over 500 new >> outgoing connections per second, sustained, we start having users >> experience an error where there are no local ports available to Squid >> to use since they're all tied up in a TIME_WAIT state. >> >> Here is an example of netstat totals on a box we're seeing the behavior on: >> >> 481947 TIME_WAIT > > Stupid question but how does 500 x 60 = 481947? To have that many > connections in TIME_WAIT on a 60 second timer, you'd need more like > 8000 connections per second, wouldn't you? > > Regards, > Bill Herrin > > > > > -- > William D. Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us > 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> > Falls Church, VA 22042-3004 -- Ray Patrick Soucy Network Engineer University of Maine System T: 207-561-3526 F: 207-561-3531 MaineREN, Maine's Research and Education Network www.maineren.net