If you can ssh into the router and it is running linux:

Max number:  cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_max

Current:  wc -l /proc/net/ip_conntrack

-Hal



On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Micah Miller via Af <[email protected]> wrote:

> I think Mikrotik router connection table entries vary by router.  Our
> edge router can hold 524,288 entries, while my home router can hold
> 218080
>
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 8:14 PM, That One Guy via Af <[email protected]> wrote:
> > if they own this router and this is what you suspect the issue is YOU
> have
> > no responsibility until THEY have contacted the vendor of their router
> for
> > support.
> > The EBR 2310 was nice because it had a log message that flat out said
> unable
> > to establish new connections. If you are prepared to own their problem,
> then
> > log into their router to see if there is a similar log.
> > we havent seen this problem since we went to offering a free airrouter,
> 30
> > bucks and you dont have to deal with them anymore, if theyre exceeding
> the
> > capability of that then your TOS should have verbage regarding disruptive
> > network activities, which exceeding that capability has a good potential
> to
> > be disruptive
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 7:48 PM, Ken Hohhof via Af <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Also, there is an option in the 13.2 (build 34) firmware that allows
> you
> >>
> >> to bump up the NAT table to 8096 (not to mention that you can now watch
> >> it via SNMP).
> >>
> >> I'm not doing NAT in the SM.
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message----- From: Bill Prince via Af
> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 7:45 PM
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] home router max simultaneous connections
> >>
> >>
> >> A Mikrotik will hold many, many thousands of connections.  Don't know
> >> what the limit is, but I have seen tens of thousands of connections in
> >> the connections list.
> >>
> >> Also, there is an option in the 13.2 (build 34) firmware that allows you
> >> to bump up the NAT table to 8096 (not to mention that you can now watch
> >> it via SNMP).
> >>
> >> bp
> >>
> >> On 10/22/2014 5:29 PM, Ken Hohhof via Af wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I have a complaining customer who I’m becoming convinced is exceeding
> the
> >>> NAT connection table in their router. Can I trust the numbers here:
> >>>
> >>>
> http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/router-charts/bar/77-max-simul-conn
> >>>
> >>> This would indicate a mid-range route like a typical N600 probably
> >>> supports around 4,000 connections.  I'm not sure why this is, if you
> look at
> >>> the RAM specs for any of these routers, it doesn't seem like a
> technical
> >>> limitation, it's almost like they are artificially limiting the
> connections
> >>> by price for marketing reasons.  But I think this customer has
> something
> >>> like a Netgear WNDR3400.
> >>>
> >>> Anyway, am I barking up the wrong tree, or is this a possible or even
> >>> fairly common situation?  I don't see any evidence this customer is
> doing
> >>> Torrents, but there seem to be a lot of TCP connections, and a lot of
> apps
> >>> that seem to have 4-10 or more connections open.  Including Pandora,
> not
> >>> sure why Pandora would need so many connections.
> >>>
> >>> Please note, the SM is bridged, I am not doing NAT in the SM.
> >>>
> >>> Is there any way to prove this other than give them a Mikrotik?
> >>>
> >>> And on a Mikrotik, can I tweak the UDP/TCP timeouts to flush out idle
> >>> connections faster?  Seems like even with infinite memory, there are
> only
> >>> 65K possible ports for NAT/PAT and you would run into port exhaustion.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the
> > parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you
> can't
> > get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not
> use a
> > hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
>
>
>
> --
> Micah Miller
> Network/Server Administrator
> Network Business Systems, Inc.
> Phone: 309-944-8823
>



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Harold Bledsoe

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