Yes, BST, I looked, and it did give the info on 'the limit' for connections. I am still at (default) '10' and in view of the improvement with the 'waitdelay' hack I think I'll hold there - what say you? It really is flying right now
I understand the 'default' delay is 240 secs and the TIME_WAITS are clearing far faster now and shut down is ok..
Thanks to all my tutors!