Re: ip_conntrack: table full

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On Tuesday 17 June 2003 15:23, Farkas Levente wrote:
> hi,
> I forgot to mention that it can't be the reason:
> # cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_conntrack_max
> 48632
>
> Balint Cristian wrote:
> > [root@xxxxx root]# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_conntrack_max
> > 8184
> >
> > It is 8000 entry by default
> >
> > you can change it:
> > [root@xxxxx root]# 

echo 1024000 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_conntrack_max

try much higher value than 48632 !!!


> >
> > Be careful if increase will eat more memory ....
> >
> > On Tuesday 17 June 2003 14:29, Farkas Levente wrote:
> >>hi,
> >>we've a fully updated rh8.0 firewall with kernel-2.4.20-18.8,
> >>iptables-1.2.6a-2. we got the following error about once a week:
> >>-----------------------------------------
> >>Jun 13 05:21:41 portal kernel: ip_conntrack: table full, dropping packet.
> >>Jun 13 05:21:47 portal last message repeated 10 times
> >>Jun 13 05:21:51 portal kernel: NET: 6 messages suppressed.
> >>Jun 13 05:21:51 portal kernel: ip_conntrack: table full, dropping packet.
> >>Jun 13 05:21:57 portal kernel: NET: 3 messages suppressed.
> >>Jun 13 05:21:57 portal kernel: ip_conntrack: table full, dropping packet.
> >>-----------------------------------------
> >>in this case we cant do anything just reboot the server. the strange is
> >>that in this case:
> >>wc -l /proc/net/ip_conntrack
> >>is about 3-400, while during the normal operation it's about 1000-1500.
> >>so I don't know what can be the problem in this case. what can I do to
> >>find out the reason for this problem? and how to solve it?
> >>thank you for your help in advance.


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