On Fri, Sep 09, 2016 at 10:29:33AM +0200, Jens Koehler wrote: > A Linux application reads cyclically data from up to 32 severs by > Tcp. After disconnecting of many/ all servers another Linux > application could not send data via the network interface by UDP. > nf_conntrack_count shows an unexpected high value: > > net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_count = 30684 > > What means the number exactly? This is the number of conntrack entries in the table. > And what could be reason for so many open connections if no server > is connected? Do `conntrack -L' or `cat /proc/net/nf_conntrack' show entries? -- 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