• 0

IIS 5.1 User Limit


Question

I'm working on a project locally and after some time I see "There are too many connected users. Please try again later." Earlier (2 days ago) this message used to dissappear after a minute or two and I could open the page again but now the only way to do this is to restart the computer which is kinda stupid solution... :ermm:

Can any1 please tell me where to change the user/connections limit and why does this happen? :)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

4 answers to this question

Recommended Posts

  • 0

If you are using IIS 5.1 on XP Pro, there is no way to change the number of connections it a limitation on the XP pro version. You can try to restart the W3SVC service to clear the connection.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

greetings, the user/connection limit is set to limit the server to 5 i believe with IIS 5.1 The IIS server in XP is designed for local testing and development only. To remove the limit you need to switch your hosting over to a 'server' product - Windows 2000 Server does a spiffy job.

connections are held on to differently depending on the type of connection you are using ie HTTP 1.0 / HTTP 1.1 / image vs file / browser and version / IIS Settings.

you could try changing the Timeout settings on you server up or down (the default is 20mins). you could also switch browsers or your cache settings internally.

most likely you have changed a configuration option or browser option if this started happening 'all of a sudden'. for local testing 5 connections is more than adequate for the most part... i've been able to test with multiple browsers, the Studio.NET debugger, and remote testers without issue.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

Already tried restarting and changing timeout but still get the message:(

The only thing I changed in IE was max # of connections per server (to 7 I guess) but don't you think it's weird that after I close all browser windows and restart the service I still can't open the page? All connections should be closed then, right? :)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 0

like the_unknown said, 5 is the max connections. Try setting iis connection timeout to 1 minute or less.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.