Understanding netstat in Windows

[dms5]

I'm trying to understand the netstat tool in Windows correctly and using it to see the status of TCP sockets on my computer. I have a few questions.

1. How do I find out how long sockets are in a waiting state after an application that opened them closed them again?
2. Why is this waiting state?
3. What happens if a new client tries to connect to a socket when an older client is still in a waiting state?

Those sockets that are in a waiting state are really ports that the computer is listening to, right? Waiting for the applications which use that port to run, or am I incorrect?

 

[DougP]

this book may help

http://www.scribd.com/doc/29040402/TCP-IP-Book

I did a search in the book for netstat and found a lot of info.

DougP
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