I think what you're looking for is: net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout Of course after changing that, you'll have to do /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart Alternatively, recycle: net.ipv4.tcp_tw_recycle = 1 Rgds, On 2011-02-24, jobhunts02@xxxxxxx <jobhunts02@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I am seeing it take several minutes for TCP connections to be closed after > data has stopped flowing. I saw the same behavior with UDP connections and > was able to shorten the time by setting ip_conntrack_udp_timeout and > ip_conntrack_udp_timeout_stream to 5. > > I have tried modifying the TCP variables in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/netfilter and > nothing seems to lower the time for TCP connections to close. > > Any suggestions how to make TCP connections close faster?-- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- -- Pandu E Poluan - IT Optimizer My website: http://pandu.poluan.info/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html