All your Servers in 1 Application!
 

Home Features Buy Now! Download Awards Opinions Screens FAQ

Forum

KBase Starting Support

Main Page / Browse Categories / Security / Tips / Change the TIME_WAIT Timeout to Increase Connections (Windows NT/2000/XP)
Change the TIME_WAIT Timeout to Increase Connections (Windows NT/2000/XP)


This setting determines the length of time that a connection will stay in the TIME_WAIT state before being closed. The default is 240 seconds which on a busy server will limit the maximum connections to around 200/sec. Reducing this setting will increase the maximum connection limit.

Open your registry with regedit.exe and find or create the key below.

System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]

Value Name: TcpTimedWaitDelay
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: 30-300 seconds (decimal)

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.

 



User Comments
Change the TIME_WAIT Timeout to Increase Connections (Windows NT/2000/XP)
Add Comment
There are no user comments for this topic.
Add Comment
Additional Info
General Information
Article No. 139
Created: 03:39 PM 07.29.03
Author: Snug Wizard

Attachments
No attachments.

Did this help you?
Yes No

Statistics
Yes268 (43%) Voted Yes365 (57%) Voted NoNo

Other Options
Print Article
Email Article

Related Articles
Harden the TCP/IP Stack for Denial of Service Attacks (Windows 2000/XP)
Protect Against SYN Flood Attacks (Windows NT/2000/XP)
SYN Flood Part II

SnugServer Support
Heidi Computers Ltd. Telephone: +353-1-201-7924   Heidi Computers Ltd. Voice Mail/Fax:  +353-1-633-5957
© Copyright 1989-2007 Heidi Computers Ltd.  All rights reserved.
SnugServer and CipherServer are trademarks of Heidi Computers Ltd.
This website is Powered by SnugServer
Terms & Conditions   Privacy Policy