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I think the time_wait was just a connection reset / perhaps a link faiture or reset was sent. The itme_wait were in fin_wat state 2 for a while then timed out like any other normal tcp application. Current netstat tcp 0 0 ncepldm.woc.noaa.go:388 flood.atmos.uiuc.:60281 ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 ncepldm.woc.noaa.go:388 flood.atmos.uiuc.:60283 ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 ncepldm.woc.noaa.go:388 flood.atmos.uiuc.:60287 ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 ncepldm.woc.noaa.go:388 flood.atmos.uiuc.:60276 ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 ncepldm.woc.noaa.go:388 flood.atmos.uiuc.:60278 ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 ldm1.woc.noaa.gov:388 atm.cise-nsf.gov:58640 ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 ldm1.woc.noaa.gov:388 atm.cise-nsf.gov:58639 ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 ldm1.woc.noaa.gov:388 atm.cise-nsf.gov:62105 ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 ldm1.woc.noaa.gov:388 atm.cise-nsf.gov:62090 ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 ldm1.woc.noaa.gov:388 atm.cise-nsf.gov:62123 ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 ldm1.local:388 node6.local:34593 ESTABLISHED Steve Emmerson wrote: > Chi, > > Steve Chiswell wrote: >> The netstat listing that you showed with several LDM connections in >> time_wait >> may mean somethng to Steve Emmerson and/or Mike Schmidt, so I'll see >> if they >> have any imput as well as suggestions on TCP tuning. > > > tcp 0 0 ldm1.woc.noaa.gov:388 atm.cise-nsf.gov:61678 > TIME_WAIT > > tcp 0 0 ncepldm.woc.noaa.go:388 flood.atmos.uiuc.:48265 > TIME_WAIT > > The "netstat" output indicates that LDM processes on hosts > atm.cise-nsf.gov and flood.atmos.uiuc established TCP connections to > the LDM server on the local host (alias ldm1.woc.noaa.gov and > ncepldm.woc.noaa.go) and that the corresponding LDM process on the > local host closed the connections. See > <http://www.ssfnet.org/Exchange/tcp/tcpTutorialNotes.html>. > > I can imagine several situations in which this would occur. The first > is when the remote hosts are not allowed to connect -- in which case > the top-level LDM server on the local host would close the TCP > connection. Check the LDM configuration-file, etc/ldmd.conf, to ensure > that both atm.cise-nsf.gov and flood.atmos.uiuc are allowed to > connect. You could also put the top-level LDM process on the local > host into verbose logging mode (see > <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/ldm/ldm-current/basics/logfile-format.html>). > > > Another situation is when a downstream LDM is not allowed to received > the data that it is requesting. In this case, the upstream LDM > process on the local host should log a warning-level message. > > The last situation is when an upstream LDM process on the local host > tries to send an RPC message to the downstream LDM for which it > expects a reply and the wait for the reply times-out. Again, the > upstream LDM process should log a message. > > Regards, > Steve Emmerson -- Chi Y. Kang Contractor Principal Engineer Phone: 301-713-3333 x201 Cell: 240-338-1059