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Hello,

I am  looking for some details about tcp system in Solaris 2.5 system.
I would like to know what does the variable tcp_close_wait_interval
mean in tcp system of solaris 2.5? For a kind of test I am running
I use 'ndd' command to set the value before I start the tests.
Command I use to set the value is
ndd -set /dev/tcp  tcp_close_wait_interval 60000

     then later I use the following command to see the value set.
ndd -get /dev/tcp  tcp_close_wait_interval

man page for ndd says that it is used to set and get the
driver configuration value. If I set the value of the above parameter
how it affects the tcp connection? what it implies in terms of
communication
between two systems?

Please reply to this querry. I am thankful.

regards
Upadhya.
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tcp_close_wait_interval value specifies the time tcp connection will
remain in the TIME_WAIT state. This and all other tunable parameters
are documented in the "TCP/IP Illustrated. Vol.1", by Richard Stevens
(ISBN: 0-201-63346-9; Just tried to connect to http://www.kohala.com/~rstevens/
but :-( w/out success), and on the Richard's web site there were new
version of the Appendix describing new/changed parameters for Solaris
2.5 (2.5.1?) and tcp state diagram from this book.

Also, follow this URL for additional information:

  http://www.rvs.uni-hannover.de/people/voeckler/tune/EN/tune.html

--
andrei

Richard Stevens' web site has been off-line since shortly after his
passing.  FYI.

Quote:> Just tried to connect to http://www.kohala.com/~rstevens/
> but :-( w/out success)...