Ceiling for number of connections reached, dropping packet?

[trs80]

I keep getting this message "Ceiling for number of connections reached,
dropping packet". Im guessing its related to UDP transfer thats going on.
WHen I monitor log with Wallwatcher, I see UDP logs zooming by. Its
probably my son downloading a movie. Then the log message above? Its a
Linksys BEFSX41.

How do I set up the router so it will no interrup the download?

thanks

 

[bobb]

I keep getting this message "Ceiling for number of connections reached,
dropping packet". Im guessing its related to UDP transfer thats going on.
WHen I monitor log with Wallwatcher, I see UDP logs zooming by. Its
probably my son downloading a movie. Then the log message above? Its a
Linksys BEFSX41.

How do I set up the router so it will no interrup the download?

If u double click on that msg, it will give u an explanation, and
maybe what to do about it.

Dumb Q: is the download being actually stopped or are u just thinking
ahead? 'cuz if it ain't stopping, this is normal, and the software is
automatically taking care of retries etc.

 

[trs80]

its actually stopping and causing the router to hard reset I think.

He is downloading .avi using Mozzila Firefox and a application called Bit
Torrent. I guess Bit Torrent hooks up to several hosts to make downloading
large files faster. I didnt see any setups in there to limit connections or
anything like that.

This is the 2nd new router as i thought the first one was bad.

 

[CoCo]

trs80 skrev:

its actually stopping and causing the router to hard reset I think.

He is downloading .avi using Mozzila Firefox and a application called Bit
Torrent. I guess Bit Torrent hooks up to several hosts to make downloading
large files faster. I didnt see any setups in there to limit connections or
anything like that.

This is the 2nd new router as i thought the first one was bad.

hi

xp sp2 has a limit in tcpip protocoll, no more than 10 connections in "close_wait" state are
permitted. there will be a note in the systemlogg. this new ms "feature" seriously hinder
programs like dc or bittorrent. there is a non ms patch to fix this.

http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=1497

bittorrent and dc clients will need something like 200-500 ports...

coco

 

[bobb]

xp sp2 has a limit in tcpip protocoll, no more than 10 connections in "close_wait" state are
permitted. there will be a note in the systemlogg. this new ms "feature" seriously hinder
programs like dc or bittorrent. there is a non ms patch to fix this.

http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=1497

bittorrent and dc clients will need something like 200-500 ports...

coco

if this is indeed the case, use more "intelligent" bittorrent clients,
which potentially let u specify a max-connect param.