Max connections IIS 5.1 on WinXP Pro? Also ASP on anything other than IIS?

[Confused]

I have WinXP Pro on my "server" running IIS for web site. What is the max connections, cos i have hosted a POD video for a forum, and when i tried to connect there was a max user reached message.

So, what is the max user limit!?

Also, is there another way to use ASP on something other than IIS? My site is written in ASP but i would like something without the connections limit!

Thanks in advance

Confused

 

[Garion]

I believe that XP and Win2K Pro both have a 10-connection limit. It's a workstation-based OS, not meant to be a server.

As I recall, it's not a IIS issue - I think the workstation has limits to the number of TCP connections it will accept or something. Don't remember the details, do a bit of searching on here and you'll find out.

ASP is, for the most part, a MS thing. There is, however, a Sun application called Chili!Soft that will let you run ASP's on a Linux or Sun box. Costs about $20. Check it out here.

- G

 

[Nothinman]

As I recall, it's not a IIS issue - I think the workstation has limits to the number of TCP connections it will accept or something. Don't remember the details, do a bit of searching on here and you'll find out.

It can't be a plain TCP limit, otherwise you'd run out quickly just browsing the web. I'm sure IIS just uses some licensing service, the same one the SMB server uses, that keeps track of current number of 'server' connections. Because if you run Apache you won't hit the 10 limit.

There's an ASP->PHP converter, which is probably your best bet, because you'll be free to move your site around pretty much anywhere after the conversion (providing you don't make heavy use of COM objects) because PHP isn't controlled by a single company like ASP is.

 

[bozo1]

It's not an IIS issue at all. 10 incoming connections is the limit whether they are for IIS or just machines on your network sharing file/print.

 

[dexter333]

There is software that supposedly changes Professional to Server. It works on the outside appearance. I'm not sure if it changes the os actually. It's called NTSwitch.

 

[Nothinman]

There is software that supposedly changes Professional to Server. It works on the outside appearance. I'm not sure if it changes the os actually. It's called NTSwitch.

It's also quite illegal.

 

[Workin']

<< There is, however, a Sun application called Chili!Soft that will let you run ASP's on a Linux or Sun box. Costs about $20. >>

Chili!Soft CD's cost $20. A Chili!Soft LICENSE costs $495! Not exactly for home users.

If you are looking for legal solutions, it looks like your choices are:

Continue using XP Pro/IIS and live with the 10 connection limit. ($free)

Continue using XP Pro but switch to Apache and rewrite your ASP scripts in PHP ($free)

Switch to Linux/Apache and rewrite your ASP scripts in PHP. ($free)

Switch to Linux/Apache and buy a Chili!Soft license ($495)

Buy a server version of Windows 2000. ($600+)

So you can either do some work or spend some money, I guess.