Guest Tester Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 Hi, Can someone explain me how max inbound connections work in windows XP and why I am getting the error above? Although I have only 6 W2K PCs with 4 mapped drives to the XP Pro sharing machine I am getting an error I am out of connections on the client. Is not it the connection counted per machine ? I am getting a number of client connection on a share higher then the number of machines for ex. and each client has the shares mapped once through a mapped drive and a shortcut to it on the desktop. I am looking in computer management, shared folders, shares. Thank you very much, T
Guest R. McCarty Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 Re: max inbound connections error SysInternals has a tool called TCPView that can help you to review connections. The product description & download found here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437.aspx "Tester" <calinguga@netscape.net> wrote in message news:ee23560b-efa4-40dc-947e-9c066accfe0d@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com... > Hi, > Can someone explain me how max inbound connections work in windows XP > and why I am getting the error above? Although I have only 6 W2K PCs > with 4 mapped drives to the XP Pro sharing machine I am getting an > error I am out of connections on the client. > Is not it the connection counted per machine ? I am getting a number > of client connection on a share higher then the number of machines for > ex. and each client has the shares mapped once through a mapped drive > and a shortcut to it on the desktop. > I am looking in computer management, shared folders, shares. > Thank you very much, T
Guest Malke Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 Re: max inbound connections error Tester wrote: > Hi, > Can someone explain me how max inbound connections work in windows XP > and why I am getting the error above? Although I have only 6 W2K PCs > with 4 mapped drives to the XP Pro sharing machine I am getting an > error I am out of connections on the client. > Is not it the connection counted per machine ? I am getting a number > of client connection on a share higher then the number of machines for > ex. and each client has the shares mapped once through a mapped drive > and a shortcut to it on the desktop. > I am looking in computer management, shared folders, shares. > Thank you very much, T No, the limitation is not on machine. It is on *connections* and each machine can - and often does - make more than one connection. It is probably time for you to consider using a real server. Small Business Server is designed for this. Or, if you are only using the pseudo-server for backup/file serving, you can also install one of the many Linux distros on it. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
Guest HeyBub Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 Re: max inbound connections error Malke wrote: > Tester wrote: > >> Hi, >> Can someone explain me how max inbound connections work in windows XP >> and why I am getting the error above? Although I have only 6 W2K PCs >> with 4 mapped drives to the XP Pro sharing machine I am getting an >> error I am out of connections on the client. >> Is not it the connection counted per machine ? I am getting a number >> of client connection on a share higher then the number of machines >> for ex. and each client has the shares mapped once through a mapped >> drive and a shortcut to it on the desktop. >> I am looking in computer management, shared folders, shares. >> Thank you very much, T > > No, the limitation is not on machine. It is on *connections* and each > machine can - and often does - make more than one connection. It is > probably time for you to consider using a real server. Small Business > Server is designed for this. Or, if you are only using the > pseudo-server for backup/file serving, you can also install one of > the many Linux distros on it. > Or Windows 98.
Guest Malke Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 Re: max inbound connections error HeyBub wrote: >> No, the limitation is not on machine. It is on *connections* and each >> machine can - and often does - make more than one connection. It is >> probably time for you to consider using a real server. Small Business >> Server is designed for this. Or, if you are only using the >> pseudo-server for backup/file serving, you can also install one of >> the many Linux distros on it. >> > > Or Windows 98. That would be foolish since Win98 has zero security and is long out of support for vulnerability patching. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
Guest HeyBub Posted October 3, 2008 Posted October 3, 2008 Re: max inbound connections error Malke wrote: > HeyBub wrote: > > >>> No, the limitation is not on machine. It is on *connections* and >>> each machine can - and often does - make more than one connection. >>> It is probably time for you to consider using a real server. Small >>> Business Server is designed for this. Or, if you are only using the >>> pseudo-server for backup/file serving, you can also install one of >>> the many Linux distros on it. >>> >> >> Or Windows 98. > > That would be foolish since Win98 has zero security and is long out of > support for vulnerability patching. > Well, yeah. But how much vulnerability could there be for a machine that sits in a closet and acts as a file server? And the price is right. Even so, the more elegant way is to raise the TCP/IP connection limit via available hacks.
Guest John John (MVP) Posted October 3, 2008 Posted October 3, 2008 Re: max inbound connections error HeyBub wrote: > Malke wrote: > >>HeyBub wrote: >> >> >> >>>>No, the limitation is not on machine. It is on *connections* and >>>>each machine can - and often does - make more than one connection. >>>>It is probably time for you to consider using a real server. Small >>>>Business Server is designed for this. Or, if you are only using the >>>>pseudo-server for backup/file serving, you can also install one of >>>>the many Linux distros on it. >>>> >>> >>>Or Windows 98. >> >>That would be foolish since Win98 has zero security and is long out of >>support for vulnerability patching. >> > > > Well, yeah. But how much vulnerability could there be for a machine that > sits in a closet and acts as a file server? > > And the price is right. > > Even so, the more elegant way is to raise the TCP/IP connection limit via > available hacks. The TCP/IP hacks that you are thinking of most likely have nothing to do with the 10 user concurrent connection limit, no use for the OP going out on a wild goose chase looking for a hack to increase that 10 user limit. John
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