Your not the only one having these problems, I also asked
why this is so, But have'nt got any reply. Hopefully it will be fixed up
soon.
Alex
On Sat, 7 Dec 1996, Michael Driscoll wrote:
>
> Summary:
>
> Connections to my machine that were cut off by my box losing it's ppp
> connection haven't timed out even after a few days.
>
> My system:
>
> fenris@ulfheim:~$ uname -a
> Linux ulfheim 2.1.14 #1 Sun Dec 1 16:51:28 PST 1996 i586
>
> Network connection consists of a 28.8 PPP dialup to an ISP.
>
> The problem:
>
> fenris@ulfheim:~$ netstat -tn
> Active Internet connections (w/o servers)
> Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
> tcp 0 0 204.216.64.180:1491 204.174.247.55:1136 CLOSE
> tcp 0 0 204.216.64.180:1487 204.174.247.55:1134 CLOSE
> tcp 0 0 204.216.64.98:21 204.180.142.36:1338 FIN_WAIT2
>
> Some of these connections are three or four days old, and still haven't
> timed out. Shouldn't they have, by now? And how can I clear them without
> resetting the machine, BTW?
> Mike Driscoll
>