The 65k limit is per client address *and port*. Each client can have 65,535 conn...

		jfrunyon on Sept 8, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My £4 a month server can handle 4.2M requests a da... The 65k limit is per client address and port. Each client can have 65,535 connections to a single port on your server from each and every 65,535 of their own ports. (65,536? I dunno what would actually happen if you tried to use port 0.)

That would be the end of the Internet.