How many computers can you have on a peer to peer networking that is running
on a mixtures of XP Home, XP Pro and 1 computer on Vista? There are 4
printers on a Dlink network Server and 1 printer is a network printer plugged
into the switch / hub.

Many thanks
Margy
Pinetown, South Africa

As many as you have network ports for.

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"Margy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:703B2F70-EB36-474B-84E3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> How many computers can you have on a peer to peer networking that is
> running
> on a mixtures of XP Home, XP Pro and 1 computer on Vista? There are 4
> printers on a Dlink network Server and 1 printer is a network printer
> plugged
> into the switch / hub.
>
> Many thanks
> Margy
> Pinetown, South Africa

Margy wrote:

> How many computers can you have on a peer to peer networking that is running
> on a mixtures of XP Home, XP Pro and 1 computer on Vista? There are 4
> printers on a Dlink network Server and 1 printer is a network printer plugged
> into the switch / hub.
>
> Many thanks
> Margy
> Pinetown, South Africa

With a standard mask, the address limit is >250.
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Cheers, Bob

Margy <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> How many computers can you have on a peer to peer networking that is
> running on a mixtures of XP Home, XP Pro and 1 computer on Vista?
> There are 4 printers on a Dlink network Server and 1 printer is a
> network printer plugged into the switch / hub.
>
> Many thanks
> Margy
> Pinetown, South Africa

Well...that's not really a complete/useful question as written. What do you
want to network/share?

You'll need a switch that can handle as many computers (or other networked
devices) as you've got.

You can share an Internet connection behind a router/gateway between 254
hosts if you use a 24-bit subnet mask . (or is it 253? I get confused.
Anyway, more than you've got, I'm sure)

You can't share *files* on one of your workstations with more than a
handful - 5 connections to XP Home, 10 to Pro, and you haven't mentioned
your version of Vista.

If you have more than a tiny handful of computers and want to share files,
get a server OS.

On Apr 1, 5:32*am, Bob Willard <BobwB...@TrashThis.comcast.net> wrote:
> Margy wrote:
> > How many computers can you have on a peer to peer networking that is running
> > on a mixtures of XP Home, XP Pro and 1 computer on Vista? There are 4
> > printers on a Dlink network Server and 1 printer is a network printer plugged
> > into the switch / hub.
>
> > Many thanks
> > Margy
> > Pinetown, South Africa
>
> With a standard mask, the address limit is >250.
> --
> Cheers, Bob

Not really! Most networks can have 254 devices (combination of
printers / routers / PCs / servers.) On the 192.168.xxx.yyy, yyy can
be from 1 to 254. 0 and 255 are usually reserved for general network
"overhead."

Sharing files and printer -- Windows XP Pro -- 10 shares
Home -- 5
shares

Hi
you can install on the network as as many as you want.
However there is a limit to the concurrent connections.
WinXP Home allows only 5 concurrent connections, WinXP Pro 10 Concurrent
connections.
Vista 10 concurrent connections.
Next step, if you need more than 10 concurrent connections is Windows 2003
SBS, 75 concurrent connections.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"Margy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:703B2F70-EB36-474B-84E3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> How many computers can you have on a peer to peer networking that is
> running
> on a mixtures of XP Home, XP Pro and 1 computer on Vista? There are 4
> printers on a Dlink network Server and 1 printer is a network printer
> plugged
> into the switch / hub.
>
> Many thanks
> Margy
> Pinetown, South Africa

smlunatick wrote:

> On Apr 1, 5:32 am, Bob Willard <BobwB...@TrashThis.comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>Margy wrote:
>>
>>>How many computers can you have on a peer to peer networking that is running
>>>on a mixtures of XP Home, XP Pro and 1 computer on Vista? There are 4
>>>printers on a Dlink network Server and 1 printer is a network printer plugged
>>>into the switch / hub.
>>
>>>Many thanks
>>>Margy
>>>Pinetown, South Africa
>>
>>With a standard mask, the address limit is >250.
>>--
>>Cheers, Bob
>
>
> Not really! Most networks can have 254 devices (combination of
> printers / routers / PCs / servers.) On the 192.168.xxx.yyy, yyy can
> be from 1 to 254. 0 and 255 are usually reserved for general network
> "overhead."
>
> Sharing files and printer -- Windows XP Pro -- 10 shares
> Home -- 5
> shares

Uh, really. You see, 254 is >250.

{You are right that the limit is not just "computers"; anything that
swallows an IPA counts.}
--
Cheers, Bob

In principle the answer is ten, since that is the max number of clients an XP
pro 'server' can service at one go.

In any case if you have more than a very few computers I would suggest
getting a server. This is comparable to buying a filing-cabinet instead of
telling people to just put the papers in any free drawer they can find.

An XP Pro computer (or Windows 2000) can in fact act as a server for up to
then users, beyond that you need a bespoke server OS which could be Linux,
Windows Server 2003, or Small Business Server.

Linux; Low cost and very reliable, but not so easy to set-up or manage.
Great if you have a unix guru on-hand, maybe not so great if you don't.

Server 2003 Standard; Flexible and effective, will run on hardware of
moderate power, and do most things you need.

SBS; Offers a comprehensive set of features, but you have less control over
the way it works. Needs powerful hardware, or it will run like treacle.

"Margy" wrote:

> How many computers can you have on a peer to peer networking that is running
> on a mixtures of XP Home, XP Pro and 1 computer on Vista? There are 4
> printers on a Dlink network Server and 1 printer is a network printer plugged
> into the switch / hub.

On Apr 1, 7:38*am, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" >
>
> You'll need a switch that can handle as many computers (or other networked
> devices) as you've got.
>

You are not limited to one (1) switch. You can expand the number of
netowrk ports by "daisy-chaining" additional switches. However, per
to my personal experience, after 30 network connections, it becomes a
"pain" to manage all the connections by yourself.

smlunatick <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On Apr 1, 7:38 am, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" >
>>
>> You'll need a switch that can handle as many computers (or other
>> networked devices) as you've got.
>>
>
> You are not limited to one (1) switch.

Of course not. I'm just trying to keep things simple for the OP ;-)

> You can expand the number of
> netowrk ports by "daisy-chaining" additional switches. However, per
> to my personal experience, after 30 network connections, it becomes a
> "pain" to manage all the connections by yourself.