TCP Connection States and TIME_WAIT Optimization
TCP Connection State Transitions
TCP connections progress through specific states during establishment and termination. The protocol defines 11 distinct states:
State Categories
Client-specific states: SYN_SENT, FIN_WAIT1, FIN_WAIT2, CLOSING, TIME_WAIT
Server-specific states: LISTEN, SYN_RCVD, CLOSE_WAIT, LAST_ACK
Shared states: CLOSED, ESTABL ...
Posted on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:05:27 +0000 by advoor