<li><A HREF="#listen">Listen</A>
<li><A HREF="#location"><Location></A>
<li><A HREF="#maxclients">MaxClients</A>
+<li><A HREF="#maxkeepaliverequests">MaxKeepAliveRequests</a>
<li><A HREF="#maxrequestsperchild">MaxRequestsPerChild</A>
<li><A HREF="#maxspareservers">MaxSpareServers</A>
<li><A HREF="#minspareservers">MinSpareServers</A>
<P> <hr>
<h2><a name="keepalive">KeepAlive</a></h2>
-<strong>Syntax:</strong> KeepAlive <em>max-requests</em><br>
-<strong>Default:</strong> <code>KeepAlive 5</code><br>
+<strong>Syntax: (Apache 1.1)</strong> KeepAlive <em>max-requests</em><br>
+<strong>Default: (Apache 1.1)</strong> <code>KeepAlive 5</code><br>
+<strong>Syntax: (Apache 1.2)</strong> KeepAlive <em>on/off</em><br>
+<strong>Default: (Apache 1.2)</strong> <code>KeepAlive On</code><br>
<strong>Context:</strong> server config<br>
<strong>Status:</strong> Core<br>
<strong>Compatibility:</strong> KeepAlive is only available in Apache
This directive enables
<a href="../keepalive.html">Keep-Alive</a>
-support. Set <em>max-requests</em>
+support.
+
+<p><strong>Apache 1.1</strong>: Set <em>max-requests</em>
to the maximum number of requests you want Apache to entertain per
request. A limit is imposed to prevent a client from hogging your
server resources. Set this to <code>0</code> to disable support.
+<p><strong>Apache 1.2 and later</strong>: Set to "On" to enable
+persistent connections, "Off" to disable. See also the <a
+href="#maxkeepaliverequests">MaxKeepAliveRequests</a> directive.</p>
+
<h2><a name="keepalivetimeout">KeepAliveTimeout</a></h2>
<strong>Syntax:</strong> KeepAliveTimeout <em>seconds</em><br>
<strong>Default:</strong> <code>KeepAliveTimeout 15</code><br>
requests that can be supported; not more than this number of child server
processes will be created.<p><hr>
+<A name="maxkeepaliverequests"><h2>MaxKeepAliveRequests</h2></A>
+<strong>Syntax:</strong> MaxKeepAliveRequests <em>number</em><br>
+<strong>Default:</strong> <code>MaxKeepAliveRequests</code><br>
+<strong>Context:</strong> server config<br>
+<strong>Status:</strong> core<br>
+<strong>Compatibility:</strong> Only available in Apache
+1.2 and later.
+
+<p>The MaxKeepAliveRequests directive limits the number of requests
+allowed per connection when <a href="#keepalive">KeepAlive</a> is
+on. If it is set to "<code>0</code>," unlimited requests will be
+allowed. We reccomend that this setting is kept to a high value, for
+maximum server peformance.
+
<A name="maxrequestsperchild"><h2>MaxRequestsPerChild directive</h2></A>
<!--%plaintext <?INDEX {\tt MaxRequestsPerChild} directive> -->
<strong>Syntax:</strong> MaxRequestsPerChild <em>number</em><br>