692262 - max-connections setting 256 may prevent Web sites from loading or consume excessive CPU time

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 692260

(Core :: Networking: HTTP, defect)

Description

[VanillaMozilla]

There are many reports of serious problems caused by max-connections setting of 256.  This may or may not occur only with slow connections.  This is a regression caused by bug 648570.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2323823

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox%20never%20finishes%20loading%20certain%20websites?s=max-connections&r=0&as=s#w_lower-the-max-number-of-http-connections

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/search?q_tags=desktop&product=desktop&q=max-connections