Question

This article covers some basics of simple sync and async servers. I have my own synchronous server I’m looking to convert to asynchronous and found this article.

In Figure 7 there is a basic async server. Why does the server’s Start method loop over _serverSocket.BeginAccept(...) 10 times?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Well I think the “server” should handle up to 10 connections at once – that’s all. After accepting one they begin receiving and startup another possible connection – so the server could have more than 10 connections at once if receiving is very slow/long lasting) – but I guess you get the idea…

This is where the “…significantly higher performance…” is 🙂