--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Vlad Khorsun" <hvlad@...> wrote:

>
> > It sounds you are talking to me (but I am not in this thread), are

you?

> >
> > In that case, please let me know where I forget to answer

something and

> > I will fix that.
>
> Oh it was not you, i'm sorry...
>
> It was about http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-2256 which
> author didn't answer at tracker but seems to be active in this list

instead.

>
> About "crash at 63 connections". I'm almost sure it is
> a) not a crash
> b) not a Firebird issue
>
> I saw such limitaion (SS can't handle more than 63 connections

via TCP\IP) at

> computer where ESET NOD32 antivirus installed. Modern antivirus and

firewall

> software often embedd itself into TCP\IP stack and, unfortunately,

often have its

> own bugs. In this case, i think, they used WaitForMultiplyObjects on

user process's

> sockets list to intercept its activity. This introduced limitation

for no more than 64

> active sockets per process, and it looks as user process fault.
>
> Regards,
> Vlad
>

Thanks Vlad for your explanation. I will try to remove the anti-virus
and firewall software (if any) and will post the result soonest
possible. Thanks again.