Max Connections

[Flip-Mode]

Hi guys
Is there a software or a test site where I can check my maximum connections by hardware can support?

 

[WarriorII]

By max connections, do you mean "What speeds" you currently have?

I really like the TCP Optimizer found HERE direct DL

and I usually use DSL Reports Speed test (java based) to see what my ISP is "allowing" me this week.

 

[tenchi86]

I could be wrong but I think he means max connections. Like how you can set firefox to connet to a website 24 times so you get data in 24 instances instead of just one. Do you mean physical though, like how money PCs it can handle or just how many connections it can do to a server at once.As for software to test this no idea, though I would think you more software limited then hardware.

 

[Flip-Mode]

I could be wrong but I think he means max connections. Like how you can set firefox to connet to a website 24 times so you get data in 24 instances instead of just one. Do you mean physical though, like how money PCs it can handle or just how many connections it can do to a server at once.As for software to test this no idea, though I would think you more software limited then hardware.

Exactly
It is hardware limited, router and your cable modem and your ISP are soposed to limit this. Its heavly used by P2P sharing software.

 

[WarriorII]

Ah, I understand. yeah, I've seen that B4.
There are a couple of things ya can do I believe.
Here's one. & I'll go look for de-udder.

Increase bandwidth by tweaking QoS in Windows XP Pro

The following tweak applies only to Windows XP Professional edition.

The default system behavior is that all 100% bandwidth is available, however, if there is a running application that indicates to the OS it needs to send high priority/real time data, then as long as it has the socket open, Windows XP will restrict “best effort” traffic to 80% of the bandwidth so that high priority traffic can be accommodated. Basically, applications can make this request to the operating system for QoS support using the QoS application programming interfaces (APIs) in Windows and this only applies if a specific app is requesting QoS.

If you'd like to change how much bandwidth is reserved for QoS (the default is 20% of the total bandwidth), do the following:

1. Make sure you're logged in as "Administrator" (not just any account with admin privileges).
2. Navigate to START>Run and type: gpedit.msc
3. Navigate to Local Computer Policy > Administrative Templates > Network > QOS Packet Scheduler
4. In the right window, double-click the limit reservable bandwidth setting
5. On the setting tab, check the enabled setting.
6. Where it says "Bandwidth limit %", change it to read 0 (or whatever percentage you want to reserve for high priority QoS data)
7. Click OK, close gpedit.msc

Under START > My Computer > My Network Connections > View Network Connections, right-click on your connection and under Properties (where it lists your protocols), make sure QOS Packet Scheduler is enabled.

You need to reboot for changes to take effect.
Note: This tweak applies only to The Professional version of Windows XP.

 

[WarriorII]

Here's the "udder" one I was thinking of.


Editing your Web browser's settings for faster loading of pages.

According to the HTTP specs, only limited number of simultaneous connections are allowed, while loading pages. To increase that number, add the following entries to the Registry:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000020
"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000010

Alternatively, you can download a patch that will add these entries for you automatically, look for our Web Patch in the Downloads section of the site. (http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php)

The above tweak (and the web patch) works with Internet Explorer versions 4 or newer. For further reference, here check the MS Knowledge base: Q183110 - "WinInet Limits IE connections per server" .



Firefox Web Tweaking

For those that are using Mozilla's Firefox browser, the same tweak of increasing the number of concurrent connections per server can be applied as well (although they are already set to a more reasonable value of 8). Here is how.

In the address bar, type: about:config and look for:

network.http.max-connections-per-server

You might also want to take a look at the optimized Firefox and Thunderburd builds here: Moox.ws

Note: There are some other questionable tweaks, for example: You can enable "pipelining" by setting network.http.pipelining and network.http.proxy.pipelining to "true", and changing network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to a number like 30. It can, however, prevent some pages and images from loading, and is not recommended.


Hope this is what you were looking for.

 

[Flip-Mode]

I got all the FireFox tweaks thanks, I'm going to do the QoS now.
I'm just looking for a way to check my peak max connections though