Question on Total Number of Connections

[beefy314]

What does this actually mean? Is this related to the number of connections when using P2P?

I saw an Asus N16 with a sticker on the box that says "Support up to 300,000 sessions for extensive P2P clients". On the charts here, the total max connections is at 200 only. The N13 is was even tested at 15,356 total connections

 

[[OC]Pik4chu]

Well I cant garauntee this is the definition they are using but generally 'max connections' means litteraly the number of connections passing through router. Not the number of clients but actual connections. For P2P (such as torrents) you will make multiple and multiple connections outside to talk with all the peers that are seeding and the tracking servers etc. Its not unreasonable to see several hundred connections from just one or two torrents. And that is generally what they mean by max connections. Any form of translation is also a connection. For example if you have access to almost any kind of Cisco device, be it their routers or their security appliances. type the command 'show xlate' and you will see what I mean by 'multiple connections'. I have yet to max the connections on any router I have used. now on a windows machine thats a different story...

I take back that last comment, Ive maxed and killed an old WRT54G by maxing connections several times. but my newer linksys wireless router and my ASA5505 havent had any issues.

 

[thiggins]

The Simultaneous Connection test method changed and is indicated by the color of the bars on the Chart.

See How We Test Hardware Routers - Revision 3

 

[Markwirez]

I take back that last comment, Ive maxed and killed an old WRT54G by maxing connections several times. but my newer linksys wireless router and my ASA5505 havent had any issues.

Your ASA is actually Restricted to 10k Sessions unless you pony up the Cash for the "Enhanced License" aka "Security Plus" which enables a stated 25k sessions and Stateless Fail over and VLAN Trunking. I would have a hard time running that level of traffic through a 5505 when a 5510 would be a much Better Fit.

 

[[OC]Pik4chu]

Your ASA is actually Restricted to 10k Sessions unless you pony up the Cash for the "Enhanced License" aka "Security Plus" which enables a stated 25k sessions and Stateless Fail over and VLAN Trunking. I would have a hard time running that level of traffic through a 5505 when a 5510 would be a much Better Fit.

I have the Enhanced security license on my 5505. and for home use the 5505 is plenty even with the amount of traffic I stuff through it. If you can get one with the + license off ebay it will save you a lot more money than adding it after the fact (about $500 from cisco iirc).

However, I agree putting that many connections through a 5505 would be a bit rough. I just use the license for the inter security routing and the vlan trunking. And for home use I really cant see the need for a 5510 unless you are running hosting out of your house of some kind.