Posted by Andy Hassall on 04/11/07 19:28

On 11 Apr 2007 10:55:53 GMT, David Gillen <Belial@RedBrick.DCU.IE> wrote:

>Andy Hassall said:
>> On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 18:25:41 GMT, Glenn <bagsmode@frontiernet.net> wrote:
>>>I can open two Internet Explorer windows and tail two files; but as
>>>soon as I try to open a 3rd, nothing happens until I get out of one of
>>>the others.
>>>
>>>Any idea to why I can only do 2 at a time?
>>
>> Browsers will only open a limited number of connections to a server at the
>> same time, to avoid thrashing the server. You're most likely seeing this limit.
>
>There is a registry hack which works around this, I can't recall exactly which
>key needs changing though.

There is, but it shouldn't be done, as it's somewhat antisocial - the limit is
there for a reason.

HTTP/1.1, sec. 8.1.4, para. 6: "A single-user client SHOULD NOT maintain more
than 2 connections with any server or proxy."

Anyone exceeding this should contribute to the offical fund for wigs for
admins who have torn their hair out due to their server's load suddenly
increasing.
Andy Hassall :: andy@andyh.co.uk :: http://www.andyh.co.uk
http://www.andyhsoftware.co.uk/space :: disk and FTP usage analysis tool

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