diff -ur linux-2.4.32/include/net/tcp.h linux-2.4.32-tw/include/net/tcp.h
--- linux-2.4.32/include/net/tcp.h	2005-11-02 10:29:32.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.4.32-tw/include/net/tcp.h	2005-11-19 17:56:26.000000000 +0100
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
 				 */
 
 
-#define TCP_TIMEWAIT_LEN (60*HZ) /* how long to wait to destroy TIME-WAIT
+#define TCP_TIMEWAIT_LEN (15*HZ) /* how long to wait to destroy TIME-WAIT
 				  * state, about 60 seconds	*/
 #define TCP_FIN_TIMEOUT	TCP_TIMEWAIT_LEN
                                  /* BSD style FIN_WAIT2 deadlock breaker.