From 5d6bd8619db5a30668093c1b2967674645cf0736 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:41:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] TCP: update ip_local_port_range documentation The explanation of ip_local_port_range in Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt contains several factual errors: - The default value of ip_local_port_range does not depend on the amount of memory available in the system. - tcp_tw_recycle is not enabled by default. - 1024-4999 is not the default value. - Etc. Clean up the mess. Signed-off-by: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 11 ++--------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index ad3e80e17b4f..bd80ba5847d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -604,15 +604,8 @@ IP Variables: ip_local_port_range - 2 INTEGERS Defines the local port range that is used by TCP and UDP to choose the local port. The first number is the first, the - second the last local port number. Default value depends on - amount of memory available on the system: - > 128Mb 32768-61000 - < 128Mb 1024-4999 or even less. - This number defines number of active connections, which this - system can issue simultaneously to systems not supporting - TCP extensions (timestamps). With tcp_tw_recycle enabled - (i.e. by default) range 1024-4999 is enough to issue up to - 2000 connections per second to systems supporting timestamps. + second the last local port number. The default values are + 32768 and 61000 respectively. ip_local_reserved_ports - list of comma separated ranges Specify the ports which are reserved for known third-party -- 2.20.1