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

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Message-ID: <7e63f56c0707040240p4ec962fajd93074909b07ea03@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 4 Jul 2007 11:40:48 +0200
From:	"Robert Iakobashvili" <coroberti@...il.com>
To:	"Evgeniy Polyakov" <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
Cc:	NetDev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Beyond 64K TCP connections limit per IP-address

On 7/4/07, Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru> wrote:
> 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.

Thanks, it clarified me the issue.
Probably, I am experiencing some local problem with
the web-server I am using for tests.


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