diff --git a/support/ab.c b/support/ab.c

index f54c402..93c9066 100644

--- a/support/ab.c

+++ b/support/ab.c

@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ apr_time_t start, lasttime, stoptime;

 char _request[2048];

 char *request = _request;

 apr_size_t reqlen;

+int requests_initialized = 0;

 /* one global throw-away buffer to read stuff into */

 char buffer[8192];

@@ -1253,12 +1254,18 @@ static void start_connect(struct connection * c)

         else {

             set_conn_state(c, STATE_UNCONNECTED);

             apr_socket_close(c->aprsock);

-            err_conn++;

-            if (bad++ > 10) {

+            if (good == 0 && destsa->next) {

+                destsa = destsa->next;

+                err_conn = 0;

+            }

+            else if (bad++ > 10) {

                 fprintf(stderr,

                    "\nTest aborted after 10 failures\n\n");

                 apr_err("apr_socket_connect()", rv);

             }

+            else {

+                err_conn++;

+            }

             start_connect(c);

             return;

@@ -1339,6 +1346,7 @@ static void read_connection(struct connection * c)

     apr_status_t status;

     char *part;

     char respcode[4];       /* 3 digits and null */

+    int i;

     r = sizeof(buffer);

 #ifdef USE_SSL

@@ -1362,6 +1370,13 @@ static void read_connection(struct connection * c)

                 good++;

                 close_connection(c);

             }

+            else if (scode == SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL 

+                     && c->read == 0

+                     && destsa->next

+                     && c->state == STATE_CONNECTING

+                     && good == 0) {

+                return;

+            }

             else if (scode != SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE

                      && scode != SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ) {

                 /* some fatal error: */

@@ -1387,8 +1402,8 @@ static void read_connection(struct connection * c)

         }

         /* catch legitimate fatal apr_socket_recv errors */

         else if (status != APR_SUCCESS) {

-            err_recv++;

             if (recverrok) {

+                err_recv++;

                 bad++;

                 close_connection(c);

                 if (verbosity >= 1) {

@@ -1396,7 +1411,12 @@ static void read_connection(struct connection * c)

                     fprintf(stderr,"%s: %s (%d)\n", "apr_socket_recv", apr_strerror(status, buf, sizeof buf), status);

                 }

                 return;

-            } else {

+            } else if (destsa->next && c->state == STATE_CONNECTING

+                       && c->read == 0 && good == 0) {

+                return;

+            }

+            else {

+                err_recv++;

                 apr_err("apr_socket_recv", status);

             }

         }

@@ -1523,6 +1543,16 @@ static void read_connection(struct connection * c)

             }

             c->bread += c->cbx - (s + l - c->cbuff) + r - tocopy;

             totalbread += c->bread;

+

+            /* We have received the header, so we know this destination socket

+             * address is working, so initialize all remaining requests. */

+            if (!requests_initialized) {

+                for (i = 1; i < concurrency; i++) {

+                    con[i].socknum = i;

+                    start_connect(&con[i]);

+                }

+                requests_initialized = 1;

+            }

         }

     }

     else {

@@ -1734,11 +1764,10 @@ static void test(void)

     apr_signal(SIGINT, output_results);

 #endif

-    /* initialise lots of requests */

-    for (i = 0; i < concurrency; i++) {

-        con[i].socknum = i;

-        start_connect(&con[i]);

-    }

+    /* initialise first connection to determine destination socket address

+     * which should be used for next connections. */

+    con[0].socknum = 0;

+    start_connect(&con[0]);

     do {

         apr_int32_t n;

@@ -1786,14 +1815,20 @@ static void test(void)

             if ((rtnev & APR_POLLIN) || (rtnev & APR_POLLPRI) || (rtnev & APR_POLLHUP))

                 read_connection(c);

             if ((rtnev & APR_POLLERR) || (rtnev & APR_POLLNVAL)) {

-                bad++;

-                err_except++;

-                /* avoid apr_poll/EINPROGRESS loop on HP-UX, let recv discover ECONNREFUSED */

-                if (c->state == STATE_CONNECTING) {

-                    read_connection(c);

+                if (destsa->next && c->state == STATE_CONNECTING && good == 0) {

+                    destsa = destsa->next;

+                    start_connect(c);

                 }

                 else {

-                    start_connect(c);

+                    bad++;

+                    err_except++;

+                    /* avoid apr_poll/EINPROGRESS loop on HP-UX, let recv discover ECONNREFUSED */

+                    if (c->state == STATE_CONNECTING) {

+                        read_connection(c);

+                    }

+                    else {

+                        start_connect(c);

+                    }

                 }

                 continue;

             }