title: Issue with CLOSE_WAIT status
body: <p>I see a number of connections with CLOSE_WAIT status on my production server, and there are few questions. Please advice.</p>
  
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  <li>I know that the windows register has the following parameter:</li>
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  <p><strong>TcpTimedWaitDelay</strong> in the <strong>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters</strong></p>
  
  <p>According to the Microsoft stuff (<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsserver2008r2networking/thread/4288d218-fbf9-4489-b869-384a05dea83d/" rel="nofollow">http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsserver2008r2networking/thread/4288d218-fbf9-4489-b869-384a05dea83d/</a>) , the value of the TIME_WAIT by default is 4 minutes. I set up the value in 30 seconds, but it looks like nothing is changed. Moreover, even after 4 mins CLOSE_WAIT connections are still there.</p>
  
  <p>My questions is how I can change the value of the TIME_WAIT, and see it in action? Should I restart my server?</p>
  
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  <li>Is there any other settings to control the CLOSE_WAIT status in the Windows environment?</li>
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  <p>Regards,
  Cyril</p>