how many connections?

[Kilo Bravo]

I notice that the windows 2000 family of servers support up to 256 dial-up connections but win2k pro only supports one dial up connection. My questions are what limits the ability of win2k pro to have more connections, certainly more can be created. I assume they can only be used one at a time.

My second question is there any limit to the number of "connections" on the NIC connection?

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[Dave Patrick]

You're limited to ten simultaneous connection on a workstation. (note: one
user does not equal one connection)


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I notice that the windows 2000 family of servers support up to 256 dial-up
connections but win2k pro only supports one dial up connection. My questions
are what limits the ability of win2k pro to have more connections, certainly
more can be created. I assume they can only be used one at a time.

My second question is there any limit to the number of "connections" on the
NIC connection?

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/*****************************************************************************
To the optimist, the glass is half full.
To the pessimist, the glass is half empty.
To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
******************************************************************************/

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I notice that the windows 2000 family of servers support up to 256
dial-up connections but win2k pro only supports one dial up
connection. My questions are what limits the ability of win2k pro
to have more connections, certainly more can be created. I assume
they can only be used one at a time.

My second question is there any limit to the number of
"connections" on the NIC connection?

Because Win2K Pro is a workstation OS, and not a server OS, it is
limited by design to 10 simultaneous inbound network connections, and
one RAS connection. If you want or need more, you need to use a
server OS.

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[Kilo Bravo]

Each user needs their own connection right? You can have users who have
privileges but only 10 at a time can connect to windows 2K pro (desktop OS).
Right?

 

[Dave Patrick]

For each user at least one connection. Depending on the process this can be
multiple connections per user. Correct on ten simultaneous connection.

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| Each user needs their own connection right? You can have users who have
| privileges but only 10 at a time can connect to windows 2K pro (desktop
OS).
| Right?