The default configuration of PureFTP on cPanel/WHM server restricts the number of FTP concurrent connections from a single IP address to 8.

This article explains how to increase the number of allowed concurrent connections for a single IP address.

1. Backup PureFTP configuration

# cp /etc/pure-ftpd.conf /etc/pure-ftpd.conf~

2. Edit PureFTP configuration

(You can use nano, pico or another editor if you prefer, however this example uses vi.)

vi /etc/pure-ftpd.conf

Scoll to comment marked "Maximum number of sim clients with the same IP address"

Change

MaxClientsPerIP 8

To

MaxClientsPerIP 20

4. Save the file

5. Reload the FTP server

/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd restart

The server should now accept up to 20 concurrent connections from the same IP address.