Number of Entries Permitted in Tables

FireWall-1 keeps track of all connections in state tables that are maintained in the kernel. By default, most of the tables are limited to 25,000 entries. The connections table often needs to be increased.

In NG FP2 and beyond, memory management for state tables and the number of connections are controlled in the GUI in the gateway or gateway cluster object, Advanced frame. The memory management can be automatic (the default) or manual. In either case, you must still specify the number of connections permitted.

In FireWall-1 NG FP3 and above, perform the following steps in SmartDashboard.

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Edit the Check Point object for the Firewall module.
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Select the Capacity Optimization frame.
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Modify the maximum ...

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