DOC: Internet Information Services Property Sheet Is Incorrect for IIS 5.1 (308170)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.1
This article was previously published under Q308170

SUMMARY

The documentation that is included with Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 contains an incorrect reference to the Bandwidth Throttling feature. Bandwidth Throttling is not available in IIS 5.1

MORE INFORMATION

On the computer running IIS 5.1, open a browser, and then type the following in the address bar:

http://localhost/iishelp/iis/htm/core/iipx.htm

The following information is displayed in the browser:

Internet Information Services Property Sheet

Use this property sheet to set the bandwidth used by all services and to configure MIME types. These default values can be changed on an individual basis for each site if desired.

Enable Bandwidth Throttling

Select this option to limit the bandwidth used by Web and FTP services on your computer.

Limiting the bandwidth is especially useful if your network card has multiple purposes, such as e-mail and remote logons. Bandwidth throttling limits only the bandwidth used by static HTML files.

MIME Map

Select the File Types button to configure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) mappings. These mappings set the various file types that the Web service returns to browsers.

This information is relevant to IIS 4.0 and IIS 5.0, but not to IIS 5.1.

To change the MIME mappings in IIS 5.1, complete the following steps:
  1. Open the Internet Information Services snap-in.
  2. Expand the Internet Information Services snap-in, right-click the Web Sites node, and then click Properties.
  3. Click the HTTP Headers tab, and then click File Types under the MIME Types section. In this section, you can create and edit the MIME file types on the IIS server. For each site, you can configure the MIME settings on an individual basis.

REFERENCES

238145 How to Monitor Bandwidth Throttling

186800 How Bandwidth Throttling Works in IIS 4.0

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/22/2001
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