no more connections allowed

[John]

I am receiving the "No more connections are allowed for
this computer, there are already as many connections that
are allowed" error when I try to access the domain from my
network places. This occurs when there are a high number
of computers in use (about 120). How many connections can
a 2000 server have at one time? What happens to the users
is not all their drives will get mapped. When the number
of computers drops, and I can access the domain again, the
drives get mapped succesfully. Where can I look to see if
I have too many simultaneous connections? Is it a
licensing issue? thanks

 

[Scott Harding - MS MVP]

Sounds like a licensing issue possibly. Do you have any license errors in
the event log on the DC's? Are you in Per Server or Per Seat. Per Seat is
recommended.

 

[John]

Nothing in the event log for licensing, I am in per
server mode, should I change this to per seat? What is
the difference? thanks a lot.

 

[Scott Harding - MS MVP]

Per seat is what you want. That way the clients hold the license and not the
server. Note it is a one way conversion. What does the License Manager
report? Does it show more than you have? I would change to Per Seat and see
if that resolves it. This is Windows Server right, not Professional?

 

[John]

I changed to per seat and am still getting the same
error. I don't think it is licensing as the event log
isn't reporting anything and I got the error this morning
with on 85 computers on the network. Could another
computer in the domain think it is in charge or something
like that? Any other suggestions? thanks

 

[Scott Harding - MS MVP]

Check this out....

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;179483