Tune TCP time wait interval for high-load environments (HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows)

The TCP time wait interval specifies the length of time that a socket waits for a FIN packet from the sender before forcibly closing. In high-load environments, the proxy server may appear to stall if a large number of sockets remain suspended in the TIME_WAIT state after their connections are closed. Reducing the TCP time wait interval will reduce the number of suspended sockets and, in high-load environments, may prevent the proxy server from appearing to stall. It is recommended that this interval be set to 5 seconds.

To set the TCP time wait interval to 5 seconds: