how to limit number of concurrent connections using -listen

Antonio · Post by **Antonio** » 2005-01-12 14:58

I'm using vncviewer for customers support in listen mode. With this option, the customer can connect with me without ADSL/ROUTER/FIREWALL additional configuration.

The problem is that more than one customer can connect with me at the same time and it produces some problems (I have to open the chat and write "please, wait for 10 minutes and try to connect me again"... and then disconect).

Is there some option to limit the number of concurrent Viewer sesions I can accept using the -listen option?

thak's

ipsec · Post by **ipsec** » 2005-01-13 07:09

You could always give them the single click program or whatever you use for them to run the server on their side with a "Company" specified port.

e.g.

Company ABC gets port 5501
Company DEF gets port 5502

That way only people from the one company can get you at any single time. Creating a shortcut also for your listen viewer to specify the port naming it after the company???

I have no idea how many people may connect to you from varying companies and even if this is viable for you...

I dont think you can specify how many people connect to you via the listener... maybe I am wrong?

Antonio · Post by **Antonio** » 2005-01-13 14:22

The problem is that each hotliner in my company has a diferent port assigned listening incomming connections: when the customer has to connect, the hotliner tells him wich port to introduce with the address...

if I assign a diferent port for each convination of (hotliner,customer), the result is very complex (and the proxy configuration is very hard: each new customer needs 6 rules in our proxy: one for each hotliner).

Your idea is good for small companies... but, unfortunatelly, this is not our case.

ipsec · Post by **ipsec** » 2005-01-13 17:28

I guess this is where the devs may take this into consideration for the listener to query a new connection??

This way if you want to be informed prior to someone connecting you can be.

Antonio · Post by **Antonio** » 2005-01-14 14:55

You propose each incoming connection to be accepted or refused by the hotliner.

For me is enougth if I can tell the vncviewer to stop/start listening while running (ex: when I have enough opened customers, i stop listening... when I have not customers, i start listening)

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how to limit number of concurrent connections using -listen

how to limit number of concurrent connections using -listen

We have more than one "hotliner" and a lot of cust

A simple proposal for devs