diff --git a/indra/newview/app_settings/settings.xml b/indra/newview/app_settings/settings.xml
index 344079b640..770a8529f1 100755
--- a/indra/newview/app_settings/settings.xml
+++ b/indra/newview/app_settings/settings.xml
@@ -9708,11 +9708,21 @@
     <key>Value</key>
     <real>16</real>
   </map>
-
+  <key>Mesh2MaxConcurrentRequests</key>
+  <map>
+    <key>Comment</key>
+    <string>Number of connections to use for loading meshes.</string>
+    <key>Persist</key>
+    <integer>1</integer>
+    <key>Type</key>
+    <string>U32</string>
+    <key>Value</key>
+    <integer>8</integer>
+  </map>
   <key>MeshMaxConcurrentRequests</key>
   <map>
     <key>Comment</key>
-    <string>Number of threads to use for loading meshes.</string>
+    <string>Number of connections to use for loading meshes (legacy system).</string>
     <key>Persist</key>
     <integer>1</integer>
     <key>Type</key>
diff --git a/indra/newview/llappcorehttp.cpp b/indra/newview/llappcorehttp.cpp
index b90b9749f9..01317fe32f 100755
--- a/indra/newview/llappcorehttp.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llappcorehttp.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@
 #include "llviewercontrol.h"
 
 
+// Here is where we begin to get our connection usage under control.
+// This establishes llcorehttp policy classes that, among other
+// things, limit the maximum number of connections to outside
+// services.  Each of the entries below maps to a policy class and
+// has a limit, sometimes configurable, of how many connections can
+// be open at a time.
+
 const F64 LLAppCoreHttp::MAX_THREAD_WAIT_TIME(10.0);
 static const struct
 {
@@ -39,34 +46,33 @@ static const struct
 	U32							mDefault;
 	U32							mMin;
 	U32							mMax;
-	U32							mDivisor;
 	U32							mRate;
 	std::string					mKey;
 	const char *				mUsage;
 } init_data[] =					//  Default and dynamic values for classes
 {
 	{
-		LLAppCoreHttp::AP_TEXTURE,			8,		1,		12,		1,		0,
+		LLAppCoreHttp::AP_TEXTURE,			8,		1,		12,		0,
 		"TextureFetchConcurrency",
 		"texture fetch"
 	},
 	{
-		LLAppCoreHttp::AP_MESH1,			32,		1,		128,	1,		100,
+		LLAppCoreHttp::AP_MESH1,			32,		1,		128,	100,
 		"MeshMaxConcurrentRequests",
 		"mesh fetch"
 	},
 	{
-		LLAppCoreHttp::AP_MESH2,			8,		1,		32,		4,		100,
-		"MeshMaxConcurrentRequests",
+		LLAppCoreHttp::AP_MESH2,			8,		1,		32,		100,
+		"Mesh2MaxConcurrentRequests",
 		"mesh2 fetch"
 	},
 	{
-		LLAppCoreHttp::AP_LARGE_MESH,		2,		1,		8,		1,		0,
+		LLAppCoreHttp::AP_LARGE_MESH,		2,		1,		8,		0,
 		"",
 		"large mesh fetch"
 	},
 	{
-		LLAppCoreHttp::AP_UPLOADS,			2,		1,		8,		1,		0,
+		LLAppCoreHttp::AP_UPLOADS,			2,		1,		8,		0,
 		"",
 		"asset upload"
 	}
@@ -298,8 +304,7 @@ void LLAppCoreHttp::refreshSettings(bool initial)
 			if (new_setting)
 			{
 				// Treat zero settings as an ask for default
-				setting = new_setting / init_data[i].mDivisor;
-				setting = llclamp(setting, init_data[i].mMin, init_data[i].mMax);
+				setting = llclamp(new_setting, init_data[i].mMin, init_data[i].mMax);
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/indra/newview/llmeshrepository.cpp b/indra/newview/llmeshrepository.cpp
index e9b1a10e73..7146c7f4f5 100755
--- a/indra/newview/llmeshrepository.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llmeshrepository.cpp
@@ -2897,9 +2897,7 @@ void LLMeshRepository::notifyLoadedMeshes()
 	else
 	{
 		// GetMesh2 operation with keepalives, etc.
-		// *TODO:  Logic here is replicated from llappcorehttp.cpp, should really
-		// unify this and keep it in one place only.
-		LLMeshRepoThread::sMaxConcurrentRequests = gSavedSettings.getU32("MeshMaxConcurrentRequests") / 4;
+		LLMeshRepoThread::sMaxConcurrentRequests = gSavedSettings.getU32("Mesh2MaxConcurrentRequests");
 		LLMeshRepoThread::sRequestHighWater = llclamp(5 * S32(LLMeshRepoThread::sMaxConcurrentRequests),
 													  REQUEST_HIGH_WATER_MIN,
 													  REQUEST_HIGH_WATER_MAX);