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Date:      Wed, 17 Feb 1999 21:42:01 -0800
From:      Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu>
To:        rick hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FTP Questions
Message-ID:  <36CBA829.21CCB81A@seattleu.edu>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.990217134008.13590A-100000@dsinw.com>

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rick hamell wrote:
> 
>         How does FTP handle multiple connections from the same machine?
> I.e., if I connect to ftp.freebsd.org with a Win95 machine and download
> multiple files. Does it open a new connection for each file? Or stream
> them along the same connection? I'm trying to put an ftp server up at
> work and want to limit my total number of connections.

New connection I believe.  I have seen messages akin to "only one
connection per IP" on several MP3 sites.  Try something like ftp
explorer (www.ftpx.com) or WS_FTP or others to limit concurrent
downloads.

-- 
Eric Hodel
hodeleri@seattleu.edu

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