RE: strange pthread_create cap

["John E. Bossom" <drifting at pioneerwireless dot ca>]

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 because, IIRC and if my information is not out-of-date, workstations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