From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 19 Jan 2001 17:02:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 19 Jan 2001 17:02:38 -0500 Received: from [129.94.172.186] ([129.94.172.186]:37115 "EHLO halfway") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 19 Jan 2001 17:02:29 -0500 From: Rusty Russell To: rtviado Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ip_conntrack: maximum limit of 16368 entries exceeded In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:48:40 +0800." Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:13:28 +1100 Message-Id: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In message y ou write: > I got this in my logs: > > ip_conntrack: maximum limit of 16368 entries exceeded It's OK, it just means that you have *alot* of connections going through your box (or maybe you don't route both ways through your box, which you need to do for connection tracking to work). We have to be slow in timing out connections, but when the limit gets hit, we get more aggressive: the algo's pretty good, so you probably won't notice any problems. Cheers, Rusty. -- http://linux.conf.au The Linux conference Australia needed. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/