To use multiple connections

1. On the Edit menu, choose Options, or click the button on the tool bar.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. In the Connections area, change settings as needed.

Notes

• Turning on multiple connections enables Microsoft Internet Explorer to download different things at the same time. For example, if you downloaded a page with multiple images without using multiple connections, the images would load one at a time. With multiple connections, the images could download at the same time.
• Four connections is the default number of connections and will give you optimum performance. You can have as many as eight connections, but more than four connections will only benefit you if you are downloading many different files from many different servers simultaneously.
• The number of connections is per window.
• Some Internet sites send explanatory messages when the connection fails. To see these messages, make sure Show Server Messages is selected.