strange pthread_create cap

[John E. Bossom]

If Laura is running on Windows XP... there is a built in limit on the
number of simultaneously openned sockets... This is on purpose...
to prevent you from turning Windows XP into a Server...

Cheers,

John E. Bossom

Quoting robert kindred <robert.kindred@swri.org>:

> Hello, Ross:
>
> [snip]
>>
>> Hi Laura,
>>
> [snip]
>>
>> Also, are you testing on a Windows Server or Windows Workstation? I ask
>> because, IIRC and if my information is not out-of-date, workstations
>> have a limit (10) on the number of sockets that can be listening at the
>> same time.
>
> I thought this was true also, but I have had more than 20 connections to my
> Windows service via its listening sockets on my desktop.  This limit is
> apparently only applied to Windows services (file shares, etc.).  My .02,
> though I don't think it solves Laura's problem.
>
>>
>> Ross
>>
>> Laura Arhire wrote:
>> > Hello
>> >
>> > I'm having some trouble with pthreads-win and sockets, wondering if
>> > anyone can help. I have a test setup with a loop which iterates a
>> > number of times. Inside the loop, I create a thread on which I run an
>> > SSL server socket. After the thread is created, I connect an SSL
>> > Client socket to the server socket, then disconnect it, disconnect
>> the
>> > server socket, and issue a pthread_join.
>
> [snip]
>
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance,
>> > Laura
>
> Robert Kindred
>
>