Is there a way using Win XP Pro as the host to allow more than 1 VPN connection to the machine?

[Charles May]

I need to allow two people to simultaneously connect to the office machine
(Win XP Pro) from Win98 machines. Is this possible?

Thanks

Charlie

 

[David]

I need to allow two people to simultaneously connect to the office
machine (Win XP Pro) from Win98 machines. Is this possible?

Thanks

Charlie

No. XP only allows one active user to be loggedd in at a time. This is
hard-coded and can't be changed.

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David

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[Rob Schneider]

I need to allow two people to simultaneously connect to the office machine
(Win XP Pro) from Win98 machines. Is this possible?

Thanks

Charlie

If you mean "connect" to share files ... yes, that works with two users
simultaneously. There is a limit (6?) which I can't remember. If you
mean "connect" running telnet to log in ... more than one is possible,
but I don't know limits. If mean "connect" to get remote access with
more than one desktop sharing ... only one at a time is possible.

 

[Sooner Al]

No, as David noted you can only have *ONE* VPN connection at a time to an XP box... Please reference
this section from the Resource Kit...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/prcg_cnd_dbem.asp

 

[Rob Schneider]

No, as David noted you can only have *ONE* VPN connection at a time to an XP box... Please reference
this section from the Resource Kit...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/prcg_cnd_dbem.asp

Correct. Didn't read the full Subject line well enough where they
mentioned VPN.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

This is what servers are for.

Other alternatives: Routers with inbuilt VPN technology--however,
investigate these carefully to see whether they'll work in your situation.

You can have one connection via an analog modem as well as the VPN.