simple forking server -> problem (C) (fwd) (solved)

[Peter L. Peres]

On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 02:17:49AM +0200, Peter L. Peres wrote:
>> Please disregard the messages with this subject. My server works
>> perfectly, the problem is in the clients. The clients (browsers) are
>> optimised to 'share' a connection. Using unoptimised clients (netpipes,
>> wget, etc) allows perfect concurrent operation.
>>
>> Now, how to cause 2 or more mozilla firefox instances to access the same
>> stream atthe same time while running on the same desktop ?
>
> If you are doing HTTP connections, you could just make your server
> return an http 1.0 header rather than 1.1, since 1.0 does NOT allow
> persistent connections.  That should prevent the browser from trying to
> use the same connection again and again.  You still have to force the
> browser to try multiple connections at once of course.
>
> There should also be a setting in the browser to control how many
> simultanious connections it will make.

But ... I *want* persistent connections. I am experimenting with streams.

thanks,
Peter
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