RE: Persistant connections and pipelining...

Hi Nic! :)

> But "using persistent connections" is open to some interpretation (as
> always).

Of course. :)

> RFC2616 section 8.1.4 suggests that a client might want to open more
> than one connection to a server but also suggests that clients limit
> that to 2 connections per server.
>
> However... I've seen some versions on IE 5.0 do up to 5 connections
> per server.
>
> 2 connections per server (for a non proxy client) would seem to be
> about right - it enables documents and referenced content to be
> downloaded fairly simultaneously whilst maximizing connection re-use.
>
> Latest versions of IE 5.0 (that I've seen anyway) seem to stick to
> the 2 connections per server rule of thumb.
>
>
> Nic Ferrier

You're absolutely correct and you raise a very good point, Nic.

Clients (e.g. browsers) can (i.e. may) -- and frequently do -- open more than
one persistent connection to a given server in order to service a single end
user "request", and this could well be what Marc was observing happening.

Good catch. :)


(See? I can be a nice guy when the situation warrants it. >:)

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Received on Tuesday, 24 October 2000 15:11:46 UTC