User Guide
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a Connection Limit for a subnet, all IP addresses in the subnet range will receive the
specified Connection Limit, as
Connection Limits are not a shared limit
. For example, if you
set a Connection Limit of 40 for a subnet with four different IP addresses, each IP address
will get 20 inbound/20 outbound connections. Connection Limits can be set up for a Class B
subnet, Class C subnet, or any legal subnet value 1-32.
Order is important in setting up Connection Limits. If you set up Connection Limits for an
entire subnet, and want to have a
different
Connection Limit apply to an IP address within
that subnet, you would need to do the following:
Set up Connection Limit for an individual IP address (/32)
Set up Connection Limit for subnet (/16, /24, etc.)
For example, this is NOT allowed, as individual connection limit is AFTER the subnet limit.
CONNECTION 10.1.1.0/24 1500 0
CONNECTION 10.1.1.45/32 20 0
This IS allowed, as individual connection limit is BEFORE the subnet limit.
CONNECTION 10.1.1.45/32 20 0
CONNECTION 10.1.1.0/24 1500 0
You might have an individual connection limit exception like this if you had an e-mail or DNS
server within the subnet range, which would require additional connections during network
operation. We recommend setting Connection Limits = 3,000 for email and DNS servers if
they are within a connection-limited subnet range. Otherwise, you do not need to set
connection limits for them.
Make sure when setting up your Connection Limits that you do not create an overlap
between subnetted Connection Limits (/24, /16, etc.). The NetEqualizer does not support
an overlap between subnetted Connection Limits.
For example, this is NOT allowed, as the subnet ranges overlap.
CONNECTION 10.1.1.0/24 1500 0
CONNECTION 10.1.0.0/16 20 0
To set up a Connection Limit:
From the Setup and Configuration
Menu,
Click on ->
Manage P2P
Traffic
->
[
Configure Connection
Limits
]
and then create a connection
limit in the Add an Individual
Connection Limit window.
To remove a Connection Limit:
From the Setup and Configuration
Menu,
Click on ->
Manage P2P
Traffic
->
[
Configure Connection
Limits
]
and then scroll down to the
Remove an Individual Connection
Limit window.
