nrennie said:
Hi,
I'm currently using Mozilla for browsing and can only have 2 downloads
running at a time.
How can I increase this? With my old Netscape I could have 6 or 7.....
Thanks,
NickNZ
Hmm... which Mozilla version are you currently running, by any chance? I
could have sworn that the latest release allows more than two
simultaneous downloads from the same server by default... but I may be
wrong...
At any rate, this limitation is probably caused by a Mozilla default
setting to only allow two concurrent HTTP connections to the same
server. (This is the same default used in IE, incidentally, IIRC.) I
personally don't recommend changing this setting, but if you want to,
here's what you need to do:
1) In the Windows shell, open up your user's Mozilla Profiles directory.
For example, my Windows XP user name is mshroyer, so my Mozilla
Profiles directory is located at:
C:\Documents and Settings\mshroyer\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\
2) Browse into your profile's subdirectory (probably "default"), and
then into the directory therein, which, for security purposes, will
have a randomly generated name (e.g., mine is called "sjzbka12.slt").
3) There will be a file in this directory called "prefs.js". With
Mozilla _not_ running, open prefs.js with a text editor and search
for a line that says something to the effect of
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 2);
Now change that 2 to whatever you want your maximum persistent
connections per server to be, and then you should be allowed more
than two simultaneous downloads per server.
Note that changing network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server
can have some unwanted repercussions. Namely, when loading many small
files (such as small images) for a web page, it can actually be faster
to use a small number of simultaneous connections than a large number.*
Hence the low default.
Hope this helps,
-Mark
(* Or so I am lead to believe...)
