[JDEV] Server Component Connections

[Flannery, Bill (Factiva)]

Is there a way to have more than one socket connection be made to the same
"accept" service? 
For client connections, it appears that a session id plays a role in routing
so the same user can 
connect multiple times. Is this true for server component connections? I
have  a service defined 
in the configuration: 

	<service id="alerter"> 
	      <accept> 
		<ip/> 
		<port>7000</port> 
		<secret>test</secret> 
	      </accept> 
	</service> 

When I try connect on two separate threads one of the handshakes times out
waiting for the <handshake/> 
response (I set it up to 30 seconds), and one is always successful. 

I have a server component that sends messages, often the same message to a
number of 
of users and would like to have multiple threads to send these concurrently.
Since I have a 
limited number of these, I have done a poor man's version as: 

	<service id="alerter0"> 
	      <accept> 
		<ip/> 
		<port>7000</port> 
		<secret>test</secret> 
	      </accept> 
	</service> 
		
	......

	<service id="alerterN-1"> 
	      <accept> 
		<ip/> 
		<port>7000 + ( N-1)</port> 
		<secret>test</secret> 
	      </accept> 
	</service> 

I was just wondering if there was a simpler way.

Thanks, 
Bill