On 10/23/07, Brendan Gillatt <brendan@brendangillatt.co.uk> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
>
> Xiaofan Chen wrote:
> > I do not install BT clients on my machine. So I was using
> > my brother-in-law's machine. He is using Windows and the built-in
> > firewall.
>
> If you are using windows XP SP2, the maximum number of half-open
> connections is crippled to merely 8. There are various patches to set
> this limit back to SP1's 65535.

Out of curiosity, how do you tell what the limit of half-open connections
is, and how do you set it back to 65535?

I'm not running bittorrent, but it would explain a few other things on
my system.

Thanks,
   Bill

-- 
Psst...  Hey, you... Buddy...  Want a kitten?  straycatblues.petfinder.org
-- 
http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist