Network connection is affected due to ip_conntrack: table full, dropping packet on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2
Issue
- /var/log/messages
May 24 15:04:03 db5 kernel: printk: 141 messages suppressed.
May 24 15:04:03 db5 kernel: ip_conntrack: table full, dropping packet.
May 24 15:04:04 db5 kernel: printk: 71 messages suppressed.
May 24 15:04:04 db5 kernel: ip_conntrack: table full, dropping packet.
May 24 15:04:09 db5 kernel: printk: 95 messages suppressed.
May 24 15:04:09 db5 kernel: ip_conntrack: table full, dropping packet.
May 24 15:04:14 db5 kernel: printk: 174 messages suppressed.
May 24 15:04:14 db5 kernel: ip_conntrack: table full, dropping packet.
May 24 15:04:22 db5 kernel: printk: 74 messages suppressed.
May 24 15:04:22 db5 kernel: ip_conntrack: table full, dropping packet.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2
- iptables enabled
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