netdev - Re: Beyond 64K TCP connections limit per IP-address

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Date:	Wed, 4 Jul 2007 13:36:58 +0400
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
To:	Robert Iakobashvili <coroberti@...il.com>
Cc:	NetDev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Beyond 64K TCP connections limit per IP-address

On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 09:50:31AM +0200, Robert Iakobashvili (coroberti@...il.com) wrote:
> If I am correct, a TCP server can make up to
> 64K accepts for a port at a single IP-address.

No, it is essentially unlimited - linux uses local/remote addr/port
tuples for hash chains, so there is no per-addr limits.
If there is some kind of binds, then yes, only 64k ports per address.


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	Evgeniy Polyakov
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