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Re: [rtl] Off Topic - Ethernet releasing port addresses

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Subject: Re: [rtl] Off Topic - Ethernet releasing port addresses
From: Kai Mueller <mueller@leo.ifr.ing.tu-bs.de>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 23:35:42 +0200
In-Reply-To: <0560141A7916D211A64A00A0C9C9A81505383A75@nwms15.chinalake.navy.mil>; from EstabridisJP@navair.navy.mil on Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 07:51:43AM -0700
References: <0560141A7916D211A64A00A0C9C9A81505383A75@nwms15.chinalake.navy.mil>

On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 07:51:43AM -0700, Estabridis, Janet P wrote:
[...]
> Unable to establish a port Connection:  Address already in use. 

I received this message many times. I didn't understand it
completely but it seems to be a timer in the tcp stack code
which allocates a released port a certain amount of time
(perhaps to allow a reconnection of a broken connection).

No need to reboot. Just wait a few seconds.

Kai

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