RT-AX86U Samba Share - (Non) Concurrent Connections

[Ydnaroo]

Hi. I setup a Samba share from my router recently and it all seems to work as I want. I was trying to connect a new Win 11 device today and after the password was accepted and I tried to access the folder it popped up a panel about insufficient resources. After a little head scratching I thought of the number of permitted connections set in the router and upped it from the default 5 to 6 and it then connected. It was the only device connected at the time but I've connected a few devices temporarily over the past few days and I'm wondering if the router still thinks these connections are current. Is there any way I can check for this and maybe overcome the problem. It is unlikely there'll ever be more than 3 boxes connected at any one time. Any help appreciated. Cheers - Andy

 

[ColinTaylor]

The tools available in the firmware by default are limited. Probably the easiest way is to use netstat. In the router's webUI go to Network Tools - Netstat and set Method=Netstat and tick TCP sockets. Click Diagnose and look for entries under Local Address that end with :445.

The same thing can be done from the SSH command line:

# netstat -t | grep :445
tcp        0      0 RT-AX86U.home.lan:445   zen.home.lan:54660      ESTABLISHED
tcp        0      0 RT-AX86U.home.lan:445   len.home.lan:49869      ESTABLISHED

 

[Ydnaroo]

Hi, A very belated thank you for the reply - life gets in the way sometimes. I was probably a bit hasty with my post because changing the permitted connections would restart the server and likely cleared any problem. I've set the number back to the default 5 and all is working well with 3 computers/connections. I'll try what you suggested if it occurs again. Thank you again - Andy