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TCP: update ip_local_port_range documentation
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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 <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
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Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao authored and davem330 committed Apr 3, 2012
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Expand Up @@ -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
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