Jack, Pardon my jumping in here, but I've been following this too and it seems to me like you want something that doesn't really fit. i.e. if you've limited the number of connections, and someone tries to connect after the limit is reached, then the server *isn't* available, therefore the browser message is correct.
However, more to the point. I don't know why you would want to limit the number of connections in the first place. If you're getting so much traffic that your connection can't handle it (and that would have to be a LOT for plain HTML), then you're probably in a situation where you need to do something else. If more bandwidth isn't available, or to expensive, maybe you should consider moving your site to a commercial hosting company. I'm willing to bet however, that the amount of bandwidth you're actually using is **much** less than you might think. Even with an analog 56k connection, you should easily be able to handle 200 connections. If you can't then your pages are probably too heavy. There are lots of great graphic programs that can reduce the color depth of your images without loosing quality. A good site will load a page in under 20 seconds. So the bottom line really is to take a look at how your bandwidth is being used, and see if there aren't better ways to optimize its use (or see if its really a problem in the first place). Just my $0.02 worth :) --Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "sambar List Member" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 5:12 PM 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/
