Maximum of ICS clients on XP pro and Home

[michail iakovou yos]

I want a proof of this statment given to me by someone:

That XP home can have only 5 ICS clients
and XP pro can have only 10 ICS clients due
to the limitation of connections (see here)

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;314882

Does anyone have a page that says that this limitaion applies to ICS,
since I doubt it....

 

[AJR]

michail - you are correct in your assumption -the limits apply to
"concurrent" connections to a computer within network status they do not
apply to ICS.
ICS connections are "limited" by the ISP - for example with Comcast.net and
a Motorola cable modem and broadband router there is a maximum of 32
"shared" connections permitted

 

[Chuck]

I want a proof of this statment given to me by someone:

That XP home can have only 5 ICS clients
and XP pro can have only 10 ICS clients due
to the limitation of connections (see here)

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;314882

Does anyone have a page that says that this limitaion applies to ICS,
since I doubt it....

The concurrent connections is for established connections, in Windows
Networking. ICS is an IP service, and IP is a connectionless protocol. This
limitation does not apply to ICS.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/server-availability-affected-by.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/server-availability-affected-by.html

Your ISP has no say in the matter. If you have a router that supports 32
connected computers, you can have 32. If your router supports 256, then you can
have 256. Of course long before you get that number active, your bandwidth will
suck so much, you won't care. To say nothing of the ICS server.

Now whether you are legally and morally entitled to connect 256 computers...

 

[michail iakovou yos]

Thank you sir.

Thats what I thought.

The concurrent connections is for established connections, in Windows
Networking. ICS is an IP service, and IP is a connectionless protocol.
This
limitation does not apply to ICS.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/server-availability-affected-by.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/server-availability-affected-by.html

Your ISP has no say in the matter. If you have a router that supports 32
connected computers, you can have 32. If your router supports 256, then
you can
have 256. Of course long before you get that number active, your
bandwidth will
suck so much, you won't care. To say nothing of the ICS server.

Now whether you are legally and morally entitled to connect 256
computers...

 

[Chuck]

My pleasure.

Thank you sir.

Thats what I thought.