How many users sharing files on Home version

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Martin said:
How many users can share files on an XP Home network at the same time
?
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You can have 5 open connections to a Windows XP machine at a time.
 
Just to clarify, you can have 5 open connections on Windows XP Home Edition
and 10 open connections on Windows XP Professional.
 
Just to clarify, you can have 5 open connections on Windows XP Home Edition
and 10 open connections on Windows XP Professional.
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How is a "connection" defined?
If I have an XP-Pro PC with 10 different shared folders and I have
another XP user on the internal network who has mapped all of these 10
shares to different drive letters, am I then running out of
connections?
Will this block anyone else from sharing my folders?

Or is the connection calculated "per connected client PC"?

/Bo

Bo Berglund
bo.berglund(at)nospam.telia.com
 
Bo said:
How is a "connection" defined?
If I have an XP-Pro PC with 10 different shared folders and I have
another XP user on the internal network who has mapped all of these 10
shares to different drive letters, am I then running out of
connections?
Will this block anyone else from sharing my folders?

Or is the connection calculated "per connected client PC"?
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Connections are connections, not users or computers. One computer can
make multiple connections. Here is a breakdown of the limits and a
link:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314882 - Inbound connections limit in
XP

concurrent connections:

10 for XP Pro/Tablet/MCE
5 for XP Home
49 for SBS 2000
74 for SBS 2003
Unlimited for full Server O/Ses

Malke

A general rule-of-thumb I use when setting up systems for clients is if
they have more than 7 or 8 computers that need to access a "server"
computer (and that number is flexible depending on what they are using
the "server" for), I suggest putting a real server operating system on
the "server" computer.

Malke
 
Connections are connections, not users or computers. One computer can
make multiple connections. Here is a breakdown of the limits and a
link:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314882 - Inbound connections limit in
XP
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And there Microsoft clears the question I am asking:

<quote>
All logical drive, logical printer, and transport level connections
combined from a single computer are considered to be one session;
therefore, these connections only count as one connection in the ten-
connection limit. For example, if a user establishes two logical drive
connections, two Windows sockets, and one logical printer connection
to a Windows XP system, one session is established. As a result, there
will be only one less connection that can be made to the Windows XP
system, even though three logical connections have been established.
</quote>

Which means that we are talking about 10 different PC:s in practical
terms.

/Bo
concurrent connections:

10 for XP Pro/Tablet/MCE
5 for XP Home
49 for SBS 2000
74 for SBS 2003
Unlimited for full Server O/Ses

Malke

A general rule-of-thumb I use when setting up systems for clients is if
they have more than 7 or 8 computers that need to access a "server"
computer (and that number is flexible depending on what they are using
the "server" for), I suggest putting a real server operating system on
the "server" computer.

Malke
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Bo Berglund
bo.berglund(at)nospam.telia.com
 
Bo said:
And there Microsoft clears the question I am asking:

<quote>
All logical drive, logical printer, and transport level connections
combined from a single computer are considered to be one session;
therefore, these connections only count as one connection in the ten-
connection limit. For example, if a user establishes two logical drive
connections, two Windows sockets, and one logical printer connection
to a Windows XP system, one session is established. As a result, there
will be only one less connection that can be made to the Windows XP
system, even though three logical connections have been established.
</quote>

Which means that we are talking about 10 different PC:s in practical
terms.
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I guess I don't see a question in there. If you have one or two
computers accessing a bunch of shares on an XP Pro box and possibly a
printer, you aren't going to have any problems. If you have 7 or 8
computers accessing a bunch of shares on an XP Pro box and possibly a
printer, you probably will have problems.

If you want more help, then please post back with a description of your
setup and your end goal.

Malke
 
I guess I don't see a question in there. If you have one or two
computers accessing a bunch of shares on an XP Pro box and possibly a
printer, you aren't going to have any problems. If you have 7 or 8
computers accessing a bunch of shares on an XP Pro box and possibly a
printer, you probably will have problems.

If you want more help, then please post back with a description of your
setup and your end goal.
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I was not the original poster, I just wanted to know of the
limitations once you mentioned the connection count limit on Home and
Pro.
So that is why there is no question on my side anymore, your link to
the MS knowledgebase cleared it all. Thanks!



Bo Berglund
bo.berglund(at)nospam.telia.com
 
Bo said:
I was not the original poster, I just wanted to know of the
limitations once you mentioned the connection count limit on Home and
Pro.
So that is why there is no question on my side anymore, your link to
the MS knowledgebase cleared it all. Thanks!
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Oh, OK. Glad to have been of service.

Have a nice day,

Malke
 
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