10 connection limit

[Guest]

Is there any way to get past the 10 connection limit in WinXP Pro? We're
running a test lab and need to connect up to 20 computers to a WinXP Pro box
to run a simulation.

Thanks!

 

[Ron Lowe]

Is there any way to get past the 10 connection limit in WinXP Pro? We're
running a test lab and need to connect up to 20 computers to a WinXP Pro
box
to run a simulation.

Thanks!

No, not without some serious hacking.
You'd need to run either a server version of windows, or Linux, or
(shudder ) win9x.

 

[Glen]

There is a very simple way. Download this file and follow the instructions.
All you need to do is run the file and read the text in the command window
that pops up. Obviously have a backup of your system in case something goes
wrong. I used the patch without any problems but you never know.


Event id 4226 Max concurrent Connections Fix
http://www.lvllord.de/?lang=en&url=downloads&PHPSESSID=9ccf7279e8838333d3c20be88f7454fd

Glen P

 

[Ron Lowe]

Nice try, but that's a hack for a different limit.

That hack is to disable the limit to the number of 'simultaneous incomplete
outbound TCP connection attempts' which was introduced with SP2, as
described here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2netwk.mspx#EIAA

This limit reportedly can slow p2p apps which make large numbers of
connections to peers.

It has nothing to do with the 10 inbound connection limit to the F+P sharing
service.

 

[Michael W. Ryder]

Is there any way to get past the 10 connection limit in WinXP Pro? We're
running a test lab and need to connect up to 20 computers to a WinXP Pro box
to run a simulation.

Thanks!

Do they need a constant connection to the XP computer or can they just
connect long enough to send or receive some information? If they can
use the second alternative you can get around the limit as they aren't
all connected at the same time. We use this for a computer in our
office that has scanned copies of documents. The other computers just
retrieve the document they need and disconnect.

 

[Glen]

My bad.

Glen P

Nice try, but that's a hack for a different limit.

That hack is to disable the limit to the number of 'simultaneous
incomplete outbound TCP connection attempts' which was introduced with
SP2, as described here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2netwk.mspx#EIAA

This limit reportedly can slow p2p apps which make large numbers of
connections to peers.

It has nothing to do with the 10 inbound connection limit to the F+P
sharing service.