Whats a max stable number of TCP sockets to allocate and any related registry keys ?

Hi chaps,

Am enthused my win98se setup and router all seem to be working nicely with
great thanks to James Egan for his patience with my fuddy duddy diagnosis
methods

About 2 years ago when I started messing with odd bit torrent clients and
possible registry key changes to avoid the dreaded lack of sockets/buffers
it was suggested this couldnt exceed an 8 bit value and somewhere around
the 200 mark was suggested as a stable max,

Given all the time that has elapsed and those that want to keep win98se
running a wee bit longer, I wonder if there is any more general experience
on the issue and if there is any related registry key/buffer setting etc
that might allow stable network operation with more open sockets and what
would a revised max number of open sockets be ?

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Regards
Mike
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