NAT Mapping Table - Multiple Connections

[DUNKM]

I have gone live today with my switch to Vodafone but why do some of my devices so show many Connections on the router Status page ?

Connections for each device

  Device name IPv4 Address Number of connections

1	s-Tab-S5e	192.168.1.115	1
2	BlurayDIGA	192.168.1.177	2
3	Ring-632159	192.168.1.112	1
4	SamKnowsBox	192.168.1.101	246
5	SkyQ	192.168.1.105	547
6	MotoG8	192.168.1.79	8
7	SkyMiniKitchen	192.168.1.10	1206
8	PrinterSEC30CDA7BCF3Z2	192.168.1.15	138
9	Sony65TV	192.168.1.125	8
10	AlexaOffice	192.168.1.103	6
11	IT026290	192.168.1.118	33
12	Chromebook	192.168.1.39	58
13	AlexaBedroom	192.168.1.102	4
14	SonosZP	192.168.1.150	13
15	SkyMiniBedroom	192.168.1.153	100
16	M2013K11AF-3	192.168.1.191	9
17	SkyMiniOffice	192.168.1.168	99

[Jayach]

I've no idea, but mine is has similar, although somewhat less. 

Connections for each device

1	HP-RYZEN3-LT-2	192.168.1.164	0
2	Unknown-fc:49:2d:9d:1a:38	192.168.1.29	6
3	Unknown-44:00:49:33:b7:06	192.168.1.142	2
4	Unknown-ec:0d:e4:19:0a:fb	192.168.1.161	22
5	Unknown-48:43:dd:a0:01:e2	192.168.1.63	4
6	amazon-4b20decb9	192.168.1.185	9
7	TOSHIBA-TV	192.168.1.46	46
8	Unknown-b4:b7:42:e7:85:2f	192.168.1.10	8
9	Redmi-Note-9	192.168.1.6	7
10	Unknown-14:91:38:be:50:3e	192.168.1.81	5
11	Living-Room	192.168.1.182	2
12	HP-G6	192.168.1.163	132

The HP-G6 is the laptop I'm on and I have multiple tabs open, so that is understandable, but the TOSHIBA-TV isn't even powered up.

And why your SkyMiniKitchen has so many more than the other Mini's is strange.

[CrimsonLiar]

Because we are misunderstanding what a "connection" is!  Each IP:Port to IP:Port between two devices (a device can even connect to itself or multicast if I'm gonna be pedantic) is a connection!  Some devices like to have loads of connections, especially if they use rolling port numbers!

I'd love to post the connection list from my third-party router because it actually lists what those connections are, but there are just too many IPs listed in there that the mods would have a heart attack!

Summary: Nothing to worry about

[Cynric]

@CrimsonLiar  is spot-on. The connection information looks quite normal. 

If you are feeling concerned there are tools for looking at the connections, but for starters on Windows open a command windows and used the 'netstat -a' command. Just doing in now on my PC I can see over 30 connections in various states.

I wonder why netstat is so much slower on Windows than it is on Unix?