CGI time-out or "Bad gateway" message inside IBM Cognos Administration

Microsoft Windows' TCP/IP network settings have several configurable limits/settings. The default settings may be too restrictive for some customers (especially in busy systems). Typically the following two settings are most important:

• TcpTimedWaitDelay

Determines the time that must elapse before TCP can release a closed connection and reuse its resources. This interval between closure and release is known as the TIME_WAIT state or 2MSL state. During this time, the connection can be reopened at much less cost to the client and server than establishing a new connection.

• MaxUserPort

Determines the highest port number TCP can assign when an application requests an available user port from the system. Typically, ephemeral ports (those used briefly) are allocated to port numbers 1024 through 5000.

Modify the Cognos application server's network settings to allow more freedom for TCP/IP communication. Specifically, for many customers the ideal settings are to alter the parameters to the following settings:

• TcpTimedWaitDelay = 30
• MaxUserPort = 65534

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