On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 15:57:18 -0600, "Gustavo D. Villarreal"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Is this a Windows XP with Service Pack 2 system?

No, it is the latest Mac OS X version (10.3.7?).

Also, the same computer (Powerbook G4) seems to work fine at work.

> SP2 has a new security
> 'feature' that will limit the amount of connections you can generate per
> second to 10. For more info and a patch try this link:
> 
> http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=1497

Interesting to know this though. It might prove useful in other
circumstances.

Thanks.

Max.

> 
> Gustavo D. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Max
> Waterman
> Sent: Martes, 04 de Enero de 2005 02:11 a.m.
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Ntop] OT:test network connection limit
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Would anyone be willing to do me a favour and write me a short script
> that
> will test the number of successful connections I can make from my machine
> to
> any machine on the internet?
> 
> The network programming skills I learned at school have fallen by the way
> side :(
> 
> The problem is that I seem to only be able to make 10 connections to the
> internet, and my ISP claims that they make no restrictions that should
> have
> this effect. For example, if I set up a bittorrent client to only allow
> 10
> connections, it will stop anything else (web browser, etc etc) that
> connects
> over the internet.
> 
> I suspect there are one or two people on this list that could knock
> something like this off in a could of seconds...probably best if it'll
> run
> on Windows without having to install anything :| I wonder what I could
> write
> it in....I've never programmed a Windows box :(
> 
> I suppose that last smilie should be a :)
> 
> Max.
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