JK> You are able to run Apache server and have more than say 10 connections    
    JK> on XP?   
      
    RT> That i dont have test, i just mean Janis i dont have to open that   
    RT> port range for the Apache server software. That what i mean.   
      
   this is because apache only uses port 80 (and maybe another if you also allow   
   https)... apache does not do FTP... that's the job of an FTP server so active   
   and passive FTP connections cannot be compared with apache...   
      
    RT> It is not a problem that i can not run 5 connection or less it was   
    RT> just to open the port range but i know now more from Chris what i   
    RT> need to do.      
      
   this still needs to be looked into... if passive FTP does not work to a BBBS   
   setup running on any machine with a firewall, then it is a several fold   
   problem... the first being to open the necessary ports... the second, and   
   likely more important, is to be able to configure the range of passive ports   
   used... once the "small" range of ports can be defined for passive FTP, then   
   only those need be opened in the firewall(s) in the path between the system   
   and the WAN... generally speaking, that would be two firewalls... the one on   
   the machine and the one on the perimeter firewall...   
      
   the key to passive FTP is that the server tells the client what ports to use   
   for the connection... then the client makes a new connection for the transfer   
   using those ports... this is the opposite to "active" FTP in which the server   
   uses the existing connection for one part of the transfer and opens the other   
   port for the actual transfer...   
      
   in any case, there are OS limitations that must be known and adhered to as   
   well as the software limitations and configuration needs...   
      
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