Browsers know how to deal with servers that only accept one connection
from a single client at a time.  Refuse any connections you don't want
to make.

There may be something in the HTTP protocol for this as well.  I'm
only aware of the keep-alive setting at the moment (it's nice when
writing a data logger that sends data to a webpage (php) which then
stores it in a database - no need to reconnect the session every few
seconds)

-Adam

On 1/9/08, Matthew Mucker <matthew@mucker.net> wrote:
> Typically, a browser will send multiple overlapped GET requests for
> resources (pictures) on the same page.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
> Harold Hallikainen
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 1:59 PM
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [EE] Send browser requests out COMM port?
>
>
> >
> > On Jan 9, 2008, at 9:09 AM, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
> >
> >> Our Windows guy suggests using SLIP, but this looks much more
> >> complex than
> >> needed. Why encapsulate the data in TCP/IP packets for the short
> >> ride over
> >> the USB cable, just to take them apart again.
> >
> > So you just want to run HTTP over serial, with no TCP or IP involved
> > at all?  I don't know of anything that does that, although I've
> > contemplated similar things for SMTP.  In the general case it won't
> > work since there's no multiplexing capability on the serial line.
> >
> > BillW
>
> I'm only talking to one device on that com port, so I don't see where
> multiplexing would be required. The browser sends a GET request that the
> PIC gets and responds to.
>
> THANKS!
>
> Harold
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