[erlang-questions] epmd leaving ports in TIME_WAIT?

[Nicholas Frechette]

Hi,
I recently started running 2 erlang applications in distributed mode (with
-sname) on the same box.
I am noticing now (doing netstat -t) that a _LOT_ of ports are left open at
4369 (the port used by epmd) on my ubuntu 9.10 box.

In fact, of all active connections, 90%+ of my open ports will be
localhost:4369 -> culpritbox:randomport.
All are stuck in TIME_WAIT

Any idea what could be causing this? I use a different computer to do my
development and I see a similar pattern emerging (again ubuntu 9.10).

My erlang version is R13B01.

Here is an example output of `netstat -t` (note that even with -p, netstat
doesn't display a program name for those ports). Any ideas?

Active Internet connections (w/o servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:49448
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:45420
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:41234
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:35179
TIME_WAIT
* something else
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:44567
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:45846
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 localhost:4369          localhost:33424
ESTABLISHED
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:38486
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:38624
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:44724
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:44398
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:47189
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:45306
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:36997
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 localhost:48762         localhost:4369
ESTABLISHED
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:38627
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:37665
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:48427
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:57916
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:51098
TIME_WAIT
* something else
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:55867
TIME_WAIT
* something else
* something else
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:36005
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:46053
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:35974
TIME_WAIT
* something else
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:42211
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:33363
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:53662
TIME_WAIT
* something else
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:37094
TIME_WAIT
* something else
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:43824
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:51092
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:43258
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:43064
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:37111
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:54677
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:44286
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:49718
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:46809
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:46112
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:48825
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:44124
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:45203
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:51149
TIME_WAIT
* something else
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:46636
TIME_WAIT
* something else
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:48254
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:49424
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:59976
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:46730
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:44890
TIME_WAIT
* something else
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:39385
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:57297
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:37066
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:50186
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:45703
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:42943
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:55328
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:44401
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:45791
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:56537
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:42194
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:33216
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:46544
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:47610
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:52892
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:38877
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:50983
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:45376
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:54394
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:45412
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:36546
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:32776
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:38289
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:35126
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:50964
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:47857
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:55772
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:41209
TIME_WAIT
* something else
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:41426
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:52887
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:33961
TIME_WAIT
* something else
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:58946
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 localhost:33424         localhost:4369
ESTABLISHED
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:46272
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:58219
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:60676
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:37091
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:34972
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:53706
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:52788
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:53221
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:57241
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:56398
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:40434
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:43636
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:41792
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:53162
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:41266
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:36990
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:37871
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:40089
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:58028
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:40347
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:55445
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:56130
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:37858
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:53709
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:45924
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:56969
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:33933
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:51305
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:53452
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:35840
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:49678
TIME_WAIT
* something else
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:57573
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 localhost:4369          localhost:48762
ESTABLISHED
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:46680
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:41095
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:44073
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:43461
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:39410
TIME_WAIT
tcp        0      0 mercury:4369            mercury:38881
TIME_WAIT