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| From | Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.networking |
| Subject | Re: number of simultaneous tcp/ip connections on 32 bit linux |
| Date | 2015-07-28 08:04 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <d1onr9Fe9heU2@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <d7eb5eae-4760-41ef-ba6e-95ef0920acd7@googlegroups.com> <wwvbnexz1wp.fsf@l1AntVDjLrnP7Td3DQJ8ynzIq3lJMueXf87AxnpFoA.invalid> |
in 503286 20150727 231134 Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> wrote: >g918273l@gmail.com writes: >> I have a specific question on implementing a load balancer or a TCP/IP >> server program that does TCP/IP. >> >> Since port number is 16 bits, there are a max of only 65536 ports on a >> single Linux box at any given time. >> And TCP/IP needs a port number to talk to the outside world. >> 1) when a client establishes a connection, an ephemeral port number is chosen. >> 2) when a server listening on a socket accepts a connection, a port >> number is assigned. >> >> So in my understanding at any given time only maximum 65536 TCP/IP >> connections can exist on a given machine. > >A TCP connection is identified by the source address, source port, >destination address and destination port. Lots more than 65536 >possibilities. > >-- >http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/ True, but it doesn't answer the OP's question.
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number of simultaneous tcp/ip connections on 32 bit linux g918273l@gmail.com - 2015-07-27 14:44 -0700
Re: number of simultaneous tcp/ip connections on 32 bit linux Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-07-27 23:11 +0100
Re: number of simultaneous tcp/ip connections on 32 bit linux Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2015-07-28 08:04 +0100
Re: number of simultaneous tcp/ip connections on 32 bit linux floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2015-07-27 23:32 -0800
Re: number of simultaneous tcp/ip connections on 32 bit linux Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-07-28 09:19 +0100
Re: number of simultaneous tcp/ip connections on 32 bit linux Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-07-28 09:15 +0000
Re: number of simultaneous tcp/ip connections on 32 bit linux Denis Corbin <news@dm3c.org> - 2015-07-28 18:29 +0200
Re: number of simultaneous tcp/ip connections on 32 bit linux Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-07-28 12:51 -0400
Re: number of simultaneous tcp/ip connections on 32 bit linux Denis Corbin <news@dm3c.org> - 2015-07-28 23:27 +0200
Re: number of simultaneous tcp/ip connections on 32 bit linux Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-07-28 18:27 -0400
Re: number of simultaneous tcp/ip connections on 32 bit linux Denis Corbin <news@dm3c.org> - 2015-07-29 09:18 +0200
Re: number of simultaneous tcp/ip connections on 32 bit linux Jamma Tino Schwarze <jamma-usenet@tisc.de> - 2015-08-06 10:12 +0000
Re: number of simultaneous tcp/ip connections on 32 bit linux JT <JT-reply-only@newsgroup.nl> - 2015-08-06 13:31 +0200
Re: number of simultaneous tcp/ip connections on 32 bit linux Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-08-06 17:40 +0000
Re: number of simultaneous tcp/ip connections on 32 bit linux Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com> - 2015-08-06 17:04 +0000
Re: number of simultaneous tcp/ip connections on 32 bit linux Jamma Tino Schwarze <jamma-usenet@tisc.de> - 2015-08-26 13:31 +0000
Re: number of simultaneous tcp/ip connections on 32 bit linux Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-08-26 18:33 +0100
Re: number of simultaneous tcp/ip connections on 32 bit linux Jamma Tino Schwarze <jamma-usenet@tisc.de> - 2015-08-27 14:06 +0000
Re: number of simultaneous tcp/ip connections on 32 bit linux Dumpsdrive Drive <fromdrive@gmail.com> - 2015-12-19 06:37 -0800
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