What's constitute an entry on the IPTables and how to find out which client it is originated from

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Published on 2012-10-05T02:55:50Z Indexed on 2012/10/05 3:40 UTC
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I have a Billion BiPac 7700N Modem/Router/Access Point and I connect another router (TP-Link TL-WR1043ND) in wan-bypass mode to extend the wireless coverage. Lately, I noticed that the connection through TP-Link has been dropping out quite regularly.

Having read some posts on the Internet, I checked system log on 7700N and found that there are many "nf_conntract: expectation table full" errors, which I suppose the iptables are full.

My questions:

What does constitute an entry on the iptable? Is it a client or a connection (which means one client can have multiple connections)
How could I find out where are those connections originated from?

Note: Many reported that the issue is usually related to having torrents running but I don't have any torrents running.

Thank you.

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