> On 2010-10-14 12:53, Joel Jaeggli wrote: >> you've only got 64511 ports per ip on the box, to use for >> outgoing connections. > > As long as you're not connecting to the same destination IP/port pair, > the same source IP/port pair can be reused. So even for outgoing > connections there is virtually no limit.
I suspect it has more to do with NAT connection tracking on his DSL router. Wayne