Inbound Connection Limit

[Jim Cleave]

Does anyone have a way around the 10 maximum connections to a shared folder
in Windows XP Pro?

We have 15 machines that connect peer-to-peer to one folder on this XP
Machine, however once 10 people are connected to the folder, the following
machines give "This request is not supported by the network"

I know that you can reduce the idle time before disconnection, but this is
of no help as the programs in the folder are used almost all the time by
more than 10 computers.

MS's technical support could not help me, and I was wondering if anyone else
has come accross this and found a way around it.

Thanks

 

[BobC]

Does anyone have a way around the 10 maximum connections to a shared folder
in Windows XP Pro?

We have 15 machines that connect peer-to-peer to one folder on this XP
Machine, however once 10 people are connected to the folder, the following
machines give "This request is not supported by the network"

I know that you can reduce the idle time before disconnection, but this is
of no help as the programs in the folder are used almost all the time by
more than 10 computers.

MS's technical support could not help me, and I was wondering if anyone else
has come accross this and found a way around it.

Thanks

You need a server version of windows. The 10 connection limit is a hard
limit.

 

[DH]

Does anyone have a way around the 10 maximum connections to a shared folder
in Windows XP Pro?

We have 15 machines that connect peer-to-peer to one folder on this XP
Machine, however once 10 people are connected to the folder, the following
machines give "This request is not supported by the network"

I know that you can reduce the idle time before disconnection, but this is
of no help as the programs in the folder are used almost all the time by
more than 10 computers.

MS's technical support could not help me, and I was wondering if anyone else
has come accross this and found a way around it.

Thanks

Jim,

I searched for days trying to beat this one. I finally threw up my hands
and used a linux box. It's a very logical and easy way to go. A second
option would be to use a windows 98 box.

Who knows, maybe someone will answer with a new hack.

Good Luck,

Dave H.

 

[silvermist]

If your only requirement for connections to a network device is to access data files then a good solution is to install a "Network Attached Storage" box -- NAS. These devices are fixed function and very easy to install. They range in cost from 200 UKP (for a small tower) to many thousands for rack-mounted huge capacity devices. A good example which We use is the Adaptec SNAP device.