Re: FIN_WAIT_2 connections on HP system

> Hello!
>
> I have compiled/installed Squid 2.1.Patch2 on a Hewlett-Packard D220
> system running HP-UX 10.20 without problem. Compilation was error-free
> using HP's own C/ANSI compiler. Installation was smooth as well.
>
> Although Squid works well for us satisfying our proxying needs, a rather
> serious problem exists. A lot (I mean a lot!) of network connections
> between the proxy server and the browser clients remain in FIN_WAIT_2
> state instead of being terminated.
>
> All clients systems are using either Netscape Navigator 4.x or Internet
> Explorer 4.x under Windows NT 4.0SP3 and are behind a firewall. The
> firewall itself is implemented on a CISCO 2500 router running IOS 10.3.
> The proxy server is outside of the firewall.
>
> As I write this, Squid is up for a day and a half and there are
> currently more than 800 network connections in FIN_WAIT_2 state:
>

    Hi,

  I used to have this problem. HP provided me with a script to set the
tcp_fin_wait_timer kernel value. I have attached this script. I execute
it at boot time with : /usr/local/bin/fin_wait_timer -b.

    Claude.