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setup: limits: note about reaching limits
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It is not the first time we have people not understanding why only <X
additional subflows have been established, while the limit is X.

Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <[email protected]>
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Expand Up @@ -185,6 +185,14 @@ ip mptcp limits set [ subflows NR ] [ add_addr_accepted NR ]
notification from the other peer -- that will result in the creation of
subflows, typically only for the client side (default is 0).

{: .note}
It is possible to reach the limits with fewer established subflows than
expected, e.g. when new subflow requests cannot reach the other peer. In case of
problem, please increase the limits, use `ss -Mai` to check the counters, and
set the adapted routing or firewall rules to avoid using certain paths between
specific IP addresses, e.g. in a lab setup with dedicated links, don't use
default but specific routes.

### Manual routing configuration

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