Re: ip_conntrack: table full

[root@rezso root]# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_conntrack_max
8184

It is 8000 entry by default 

you can change it:
[root@rezso root]# echo 1024000 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_conntrack_max

Be careful if increase will eat more memory ....


On Tuesday 17 June 2003 14:29, Farkas Levente wrote:
> hi,
> we've a fully updated rh8.0 firewall with kernel-2.4.20-18.8,
> iptables-1.2.6a-2. we got the following error about once a week:
> -----------------------------------------
> Jun 13 05:21:41 portal kernel: ip_conntrack: table full, dropping packet.
> Jun 13 05:21:47 portal last message repeated 10 times
> Jun 13 05:21:51 portal kernel: NET: 6 messages suppressed.
> Jun 13 05:21:51 portal kernel: ip_conntrack: table full, dropping packet.
> Jun 13 05:21:57 portal kernel: NET: 3 messages suppressed.
> Jun 13 05:21:57 portal kernel: ip_conntrack: table full, dropping packet.
> -----------------------------------------
> in this case we cant do anything just reboot the server. the strange is
> that in this case:
> wc -l /proc/net/ip_conntrack
> is about 3-400, while during the normal operation it's about 1000-1500.
> so I don't know what can be the problem in this case. what can I do to
> find out the reason for this problem? and how to solve it?
> thank you for your help in advance.