The point is you should not be getting "page cannot be displayed" Sambar will show a default page just like the paused page. If you are getting "page cannot be displayed" then something is amiss.
Yes most of us would likely use the default limits I'd assume which is around 200. Peter -----Original Message----- From: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "sambar List Member" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 18:12:05 -0400 Subject: [sambar] beginner how to display page > Thanks all for helping! > All I was wanting people to see when the server is full (mine fills up > when > I update) is a page that says "Come Back Later Server Full" (or the > Sambar > default page whatever it is it dosent matter) but instead you see a > browser > page saying "page cannot be displayed" (the Microsoft Explorer default > page) > so visitors don't know that is the site is down or up??????? > Sorry if I am making This sound complicated! Don't you all set a 'max > connection' on your servers?? wether it's 25 or 10,000? > Jack > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "sambar List Member" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 12:13 PM > Subject: [sambar] beginner how to display page > > > > I was sure that there was a page already to handle this, that was why > I > > answered maxlogin.htm but certainly that would be for users that have > used > > auth to a protected area. Perhaps its maxreqs.htm > > > > Peter > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Donohue-Lynch, Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "sambar List Member" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 11:56:36 -0400 > > Subject: [sambar] beginner how to display page > > > > > Sorry for any confusion... I responded to Jack's original question > > > about how > > > to set a page that says, "maximum number of connections at this > time: > > > come > > > back again later" or something like that. > > > Peter points out the alreay existing page that says "maximum login" > > > (MAXLOGIN.htm) This is helpful, but is it what Jack was originally > > > looking > > > for? I didn't understand him to mean that he limited the number of > > > logins > > > to the server, but only the number of people accessing the server > at > > > one > > > time. Is it not possible to have a setting that somehow indicates > to > > > the > > > server that when a certain capacity is reached, display > "lastpage.html" > > > ( > > > when server_traffic=max-1 then go to getlost.html) ... just > thinking > > > out > > > loud. > > > > > > Brian > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: kevin anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 7:38 AM > > > To: sambar List Member > > > Subject: [sambar] beginner how to display page > > > > > > > > > If Peters reply about the users is not what you are looking for, > then I > > > guess you are talking about the connections. > > > > > > On one hand you want to limit the traffic to 25 simultaneous > > > connections. I > > > assume this is to ensure that those 25 connections are being > handled > > > prompltly. > > > > > > On the other hand you want to open new connections above your 25 > max in > > > order to tell people to come back later. > > > > > > So the question is, which is it? Do you want a Max of 25 > connections or > > > not. > > > If the max is reached, the server does not create one, if it does > not > > > create one it cant send a message to the visitor. If you are going > to > > > make a > > > connection to send a too busy to talk message, why not send them > the > > > page > > > they came for in the first place? > > > Kevin > > > > > > On 07/Oct/2003 13:11:10, Peter wrote: > > > ___________________________________ > > > The max user page is MAXLOGIN.HTM in the same directory. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: "Donohue-Lynch, Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "sambar List Member" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 21:36:13 -0400 > > > Subject: [sambar] beginner how to display page > > > > > > > I would think that the server itself could somehow keep track of > how > > > > many > > > > connections are open at once, and a script or setting could say > > > > something > > > > like (I say this in very non-scripting language...) "on page=25, > > > > display > > > > ('Try again later! Too much traffic right now...')" > > > > > > > > Or is this not possible? > > > > > > > > Brian > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Jack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 9:29 PM > > > > To: sambar List Member > > > > Subject: [sambar] beginner how to display page > > > > > > > > > > > > Ok great! I found the "paused page Pete and changed it! works > > > great!! > > > > > > > > I think like Richard said when I hit the max connections I set > on > > > my > > > > server > > > > (25) there is no room to open the "Maximum Users Exceded" > message > > > on > > > > my > > > > server so I get the MS explorer web browser page "page cannot be > > > > displayed" > > > > You think it would work though hmmmmmm... > > > > > > > > Any other ideas on how to get that maximum users page to come up > > > > instead of > > > > the browser page??? > > > > Im am using version 5.3 > > > > thanks again!!! > > > > Jack > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "sambar List Member" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 6:55 PM > > > > Subject: [sambar] beginner how to display page > > > > > > > > > > > > > All of those pages are already made for you. You can customize > any > > > > that > > > > you > > > > > wish. Look in the messages directory under > sambar/messages/en_US > > > etc. > > > > > > > > > > A page not found error means that the page is not found, check > > > your > > > > > access.log for info. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: "sambar List Member" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 17:12:58 -0400 > > > > > Subject: [sambar] beginner how to display page > > > > > > > > > > > I set my server to the limit of 25 connectons. (cause using > dsl > > > > uplaod > > > > > > 256). > > > > > > When I max-out on connections and I try to goto the homepage > > > > (index) I > > > > > > get a > > > > > > "page cannot be displayed" message using ms explorer > > > > > > Can I configure a page to come up to say something like > "website > > > is > > > > > > full > > > > > > come back in 5 minutes" the same thing when I pause the > server > > > can > > > > I > > > > > > display > > > > > > my own page. > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > Jack > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe please go to http://www.sambar.ch/list/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe please go to http://www.sambar.ch/list/ > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe please go to http://www.sambar.ch/list/ > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe please go to http://www.sambar.ch/list/ > > ------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe please go to http://www.sambar.ch/list/
