Does anyone know what this means?

"TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent (incomplete) TCP connect attempts."

I'll save you the long story as to why I got that error but I looked up and I didnt understand the explanation so can someone explain this in stupid person terms?


Thanks

 

This might help you out...http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...85b-905f-1cb6d0a24010&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=&p=1

Scroll down a bit to find the response..but this site may prove to be more useful...remember to always save a restore point before changing anything in the registry, which I think this site requests you to do...http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=1497

 

Thanks for all the information comperroruter but I read MS's explanation and I didnt understand it. Im hoping for someone to dumb it down for me so I can hopefully understand why it happened.

More Info:

I was actually laying down when I decided I wanted to look something up. I couldnt access the internet despite all the lights from my router being on.

I started reading the help center on my pc and it said to ping my ip to see if I get an answer. So I pinged my ip and got request timed out several times, the help said that if you dont get a reply to check the event viewer for something tcp/ip related. When I checked the event viewer I found that error but I didnt know what it meant and couldnt get an explanation because I still had no internet access.

After playing around with my modem settings, It said my private LAN was connected and my connections were fine (but they werent because I didnt have any internet access) Then I saw that my single static ip wasnt connected and once I connected that I had internet access again (I havent got any idea what any of this really means, I was just fiddling around to see if I could get it to work again).

When I got my connection back I accessed MS's site and read their explanation but again I dont understand what it meant or why it happened.

If you need any more info, ask please. Im not the brightest crayon in the box at timesLOL

Thanks.

 

I really have no idea. Is there a way I can check without screwing something up?

 

This may well be a one off but run your anti virus antimalware scan all the same.

If the problem occurs again, shut down and see if you are OK for a while then the error cuts in. This is more likely to be virus related than if it happens straight after boot (and net connection).

 

I've ran a variety of different programs, all of them returning with a negative result, So I guess thats good. This is the only time I've ever had that happen and I was connected to the net all day it was like 10pm when this happened last night.

 

Ok, I was doing some investigating last night to see if I could try to understand what happened here. I noticed when I went into network connections in the control panel that my ip address has changed, it used to be 192.168 etc and now its 71.242 etc. Now, is that because I activated the single static ip thing? Is it bad that it changed?

Im so confused, can someone please explain to me what I done did? LOL


Thanks

 

Im not sure how to do that with out screwing up something. I couldnt get a connection without connecting it so if I disconnect it wont I no longer have a connection? (I hope that made sense)

 

They were both already set to that. I changed the modem setting (I have a westell modem/router) and I changed it on westell site I guess you could call it that.

 

umm, yes

It was only way it would let me reconnect.

 

ok I get
i.p address is 71.242 etc
default gateway is 71.242 etc
dhcp server is 192.168.1.1
dns server is 192.168.1.1

So the router is set to what it should be right?

 

how do I change it back?

 

roflmao I told you what I did to change it. I enabled that static ip thingy, If I disable it I might not have a connection anymore, right?

 

Dare I suggest the hardware reset button on the router to change it back to factory settings?

This fix has cured more IP problems than Clinton has voters.

 

Ok I have a few more questions so please bear with me.

1. Is there any issues with me leaving the connection the way it is?

2. Whats the difference between the static and dynamic? will I get in trouble for changing it with my ISP?

3. Can somebody please explain what the quote in my first post really means?

Please pardon my hesitation in doing these things I just dont want to screw something up and be left without a way to get help but if I should need to reset then I will do so.

Thanks for all your assistance guys

 

IP addresses are like toilets at a pop concert.
There are more users than there are toilets (IP addresses).

This means that if you want to keep one all to yourself (a static IP), even when you are not using it or logged in, you can expect to pay more.

ISPs have more users than IP addresses and rely on the fact that not everyone is logged in at once (embarrasing if this happened). So when you log in you get the next available on their list. It is different every time.

So I am suprised they let you actually set a fixed IP.

The best way to look at the original message is that it is a form of load dumping. Your pc/router made a whole heap of requests, either because it was on for a long time, or because you had lots of IE windows open, or because you had malware also trying to connect (hence our requests to check). The ISP momentarily ran out of resources so it dumped you.

I expect you have seen this with other systems (eg phone on occasions).

 

I just disabled what I had enabled, rebooted and its back to normal now! Problem solved.

Thanks!