I just read that 30 is the minimum value allowed for the TIME_WAIT setting, so I'll just use that.
Bill -----Original Message----- From: Len Conrad Sent: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 10:20:20 +0200 Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Connection refused errors >How many seconds did you change your TIME_WAIT to? We changed ours to 60 >seconds after reading this on the Declude list. I'd try 20, as was recommended. >We used to have these connection refused issues on our old dual pentium, >RAID 5, single partition machine. But ever since switching to a new dual >xeon, 3x RAID 1 machine with 23 granualer partitions, we have elimitated >the smtp "connection refused" problem. >And I do see much less connections listed as TIME_WAIT now after changing >that registry value. but how much of the improvement was due to new box vs time-wait hack? Len _____________________________________________________________________ http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training: London; San Jose; Wash DC IMGate.MEIway.com: anti-spam gateway, effective on 1000's of sites, free To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
