Re: [Hampshire] Port scans

Hi

I had a problem with timeouts when BT updated their local exchange and I could
not get a proper service until I altered the MTU.

John Eayrs


On Sunday 06 December 2009 21:53:44 Rob Malpass wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dee Earley" <dee@???>
> To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" <hampshire@???>
> Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 9:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Port scans
>
> > Something is making me think that the nat connection table is full so it
> > doesn;t recognise the data coming back.
> > This may be down to a long timeout or LOTS of outgoing connections.
>
> Certainly could be. My avg insists on connecting to the mail server
> separately from the mail client. It only takes
> a few tabs to open in firefox too and before you know it - there's 20
> outbound connections. Having said that - a router should be able to
> handle this shouldn't it? Or should I be thinking about a new router?
>
> Cheers
> Rob