Any web server pros here? I need advice

[StanleySmiles]

Hi again,
Im running a web server via XP pro, with Simple DNS plus.
I have run into a few problems:

1) When users view a page with a lot of graphics, after so many load up, no more load up.. you just see the outline and filename
2) The connection limit - When I had the MaxConnections at 10, I could load an html page, 9 images, and thats it.. any other images on the page did not load.. Does IIS consider each file a "connection"? I used metaedit to raise this value to 39(I guess this is as high as it will go in XP pro) and it seemed to help this problem. However, it I view various pages on my site, eventually the graphics will stop loading.
Any work around for the connection limit besides what I did for XP Pro?
3) Some people can get to my site.. I updated my Nameservers for all my domain names 2 weeks ago. I updated the actual Nameserver IP address 3 weeks ago. What happens is they type in the web address and IE hangs for about ten seconds before giving them an error saying it cant find the site. I use GraniteCanyon for a secondary DNS. Is this a problem with ISP's not updating their records?

Thanks

 

[StanleySmiles]

Forgot to ask: The connection limit is strictly with XP, my D-Link wireless 4 port router doesnt limit user connections to the web server, does it?

 

[notfred]

turn off persistant connections, make connections timeout after 10 seconds.

I'm guessing youre server is keeping connections open practically indefinitely, even well after the transfer is completed.