max inbound connections error

[Tester]

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

 

[R. McCarty]

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

 

[Malke]

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

 

[HeyBub]

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.

 

[Malke]

HeyBub wrote:

Or Windows 98.

That would be foolish since Win98 has zero security and is long out of
support for vulnerability patching.

Malke

 

[HeyBub]

HeyBub wrote:



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.

 

[John John (MVP)]

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