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<span class="pageSubtitle"><section begin="desc" />MAXIPSES xxx -- max number of web sessions allowed for an ip address.<section end="desc" /></span>

<var>MAXIPSES</var> is a parameter on [[JANUS DEFINE]], which defines and sets characteristics of a Janus port. See the [[JANUS DEFINE#parmlist|List of JANUS DEFINE parameters]].

This parameter specifies the maximum number of <var class="product">[[Janus Web Legacy Support]]</var> sessions maintained per IP address. The default for <var>MAXIPSES</var> is 1. 

For browser requests, an IP address typically represents a single end-user workstation. If browser requests are coming from a multi-user system or from a proxy server, the use of <var>MAXIPSES</var> can make it possible for one user to terminate another's session since both users appear to be coming from the same IP address. 

Increasing <var>MAXIPSES</var> can be a temporary workaround to this problem; it is likely to be unsatisfactory since <var>MAXIPSES</var> must be at least as big as the maximum number of users expected to use <var class="product">Janus Web Legacy Support</var> through a single proxy server. This may nearly eliminate any user terminating another user's session, but such a large <var>MAXIPSES</var> would undoubtedly result in many "orphan" sessions that must be controlled via the <var>[[STIMEOUT (JANUS DEFINE parameter)|STIMEOUT]]</var> parameter. 

Another option when encountering this problem is to simply tell <var class="product">Janus Web Legacy Support</var> end-users to not use proxy servers. This might not be possible or desirable, however. In that case, contact Sirius Software technical support. 

Valid only for WEBSERV ports.

==See also==
<ul>
<li>[[List of Janus commands]]
<li>[[JANUS DEFINE#parmlist|List of JANUS DEFINE parameters]]
</ul>

[[Category:JANUS DEFINE parameters|MAXIPSES]]