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When you try to connect from TCP ports greater than 5000 you receive the error 'WSAENOBUFS (10055)'

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If you try to set up TCP connections from ports that are greater than 5000, the local computer responds with the following WSAENOBUFS (10055) error message:

An operation on a socket could not be performed because the system lacked sufficient buffer space or because a queue was full.

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The default maximum number of ephemeral TCP ports is 5000 in the products that are included in the "Applies to" section. A new parameter has been added in these products. To increase the maximum number of ephemeral ports, follow these steps:

Start Registry Editor.
Locate the following subkey in the registry, and then click Parameters:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
On the Edit menu, click New, and then add the following registry entry:
Value Name: MaxUserPort
Value Type: DWORD
Value data: 65534
Valid Range: 5000-65534 (decimal)
Default: 0x1388 (5000 decimal)
Description: This parameter controls the maximum port number that is used when a program requests any available user port from the system. Typically, ephemeral (short-lived) ports are allocated between the values of 1024 and 5000 inclusive. After the release of security bulletin MS08-037, the behavior of Windows Server 2003 was changed to more closely match that of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. For more information about Microsoft security bulletin MS08-037, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
951746
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951746/ )
MS08-037: Description of the security update for DNS in Windows Server 2008, in Windows Server 2003, and in Windows 2000 Server (DNS server-side): July 8, 2008
951748
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951748/ )
MS08-037: Description of the security update for DNS in Windows Server 2003, in Windows XP, and in Windows 2000 Server (client side): July 8, 2008
953230
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MS08-037: Vulnerabilities in DNS could allow spoofing
Exit Registry Editor, and then restart the computer.

Note An additional TCPTimedWaitDelay registry parameter determines how long a closed port waits until the closed port can be reused.

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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb726981.aspx

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For more information about a related topic, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

120642

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/120642/ )

TCP/IP and NBT configuration parameters for Windows 2000 or Windows NT

314053

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TCP/IP and NBT configuration parameters for Windows XP

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