Number of computers with XP workgroup

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Doing timing systems for an equestrian sport, sometimes we use a network with
4-6 computers, sometimes there are 20-30 computers. They all have a common
workgroup. Previously we had laptops with Windows 98SE, ME and 2000. The
computer who serves the shared files was on 98. This worked perfectly fine.
Now we got new computers with XP Home. Now after connecting some 4-5
computers to their mapped drives, the system tells me that no more computers
can log onto this machine. IP addresses etc. are all correct, it's just the
number of workstations.
Do I have to update the file-serving machine to XP professional addition ?
And which will be the differences in configuring TCPIP, file sharing etc. ?

Thanks very if anybody could give me an advice.
Habibienchen
 
Windows XP Home has a limit of five network connections, Windows XP
Professional has a limit of ten network connections. For twenty to thirty
computers you will need a server operating system to make that many
simultaneous connections.

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Richard said:
Windows XP Home has a limit of five network connections, Windows XP
Professional has a limit of ten network connections. For twenty to thirty
computers you will need a server operating system to make that many
simultaneous connections.
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Or you could downgrade to W98, which has no such limit. This is a
classical trade-off: cheap (W9x) vs. reliable (W2003server).
 
Ahh, by the way, do you think there would be any problem to downgrade new
WinXP Laptops to w98 ??
Thanks
Habibienchen
 
habibienchen said:
Ahh, by the way, do you think there would be any problem to downgrade new
WinXP Laptops to w98 ??
Thanks
Habibienchen

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You may have misunderstood my suggestion. The limit in XP is on inbound
connections, not outbound connections. So, if you downgrade from XP to W9x
to get around the connection limit, it is the file-serving PC that should
be converted to W9x -- not the clients.

I rather assume that the laptops are clients and I kinda guess that the
file-server is a desktop.

As for the question of whether a new laptop that shipped with XP could be
induced to run W9x -- I have no clue.
 
donotspam said:
Ahh, by the way, do you think there would be any problem to downgrade
new WinXP Laptops to w98 ??
Thanks
Habibienchen
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Quite possibly. It might be hard to find drivers for all the hardware,
and since laptops are completely proprietary and the new ones are
designed for XP, it is unlikely that the OEM's wrote drivers to support
Win98. Better to just upgrade your server os and leave all the clients
as they are.

Malke
 
Does this mean that even with a router you are limited to 10 computers on the
network? or is it just the workgroup?
Cheers
Alexis

Richard G. Harper said:
Windows XP Home has a limit of five network connections, Windows XP
Professional has a limit of ten network connections. For twenty to thirty
computers you will need a server operating system to make that many
simultaneous connections.

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habibienchen said:
Doing timing systems for an equestrian sport, sometimes we use a network
with
4-6 computers, sometimes there are 20-30 computers. They all have a common
workgroup. Previously we had laptops with Windows 98SE, ME and 2000. The
computer who serves the shared files was on 98. This worked perfectly
fine.
Now we got new computers with XP Home. Now after connecting some 4-5
computers to their mapped drives, the system tells me that no more
computers
can log onto this machine. IP addresses etc. are all correct, it's just
the
number of workstations.
Do I have to update the file-serving machine to XP professional addition ?
And which will be the differences in configuring TCPIP, file sharing etc.
?

Thanks very if anybody could give me an advice.
Habibienchen
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Alexis said:
Does this mean that even with a router you are limited to 10 computers on
the
network? or is it just the workgroup?
Cheers
Alexis
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XP Pro will allow a maximum of ten concurrent CONNECTIONS. You need to be
aware that one computer may be making more than one connection, depending on
what is running at the time. If each machine is only making one connection,
then you can have ten machines connected together.
 
Neither of the above. If a Windows XP computer has shared resources such as
printers or folders there will be a maximum number of connections to the
computer that can share those resources. There can be as many computers in
a workgroup or on a router as are physically possible.

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Alexis said:
Does this mean that even with a router you are limited to 10 computers on
the
network? or is it just the workgroup?
Cheers
Alexis

Richard G. Harper said:
Windows XP Home has a limit of five network connections, Windows XP
Professional has a limit of ten network connections. For twenty to
thirty
computers you will need a server operating system to make that many
simultaneous connections.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
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habibienchen said:
Doing timing systems for an equestrian sport, sometimes we use a
network
with
4-6 computers, sometimes there are 20-30 computers. They all have a
common
workgroup. Previously we had laptops with Windows 98SE, ME and 2000.
The
computer who serves the shared files was on 98. This worked perfectly
fine.
Now we got new computers with XP Home. Now after connecting some 4-5
computers to their mapped drives, the system tells me that no more
computers
can log onto this machine. IP addresses etc. are all correct, it's just
the
number of workstations.
Do I have to update the file-serving machine to XP professional
addition ?
And which will be the differences in configuring TCPIP, file sharing
etc.
?

Thanks very if anybody could give me an advice.
Habibienchen
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Neither of the above. If a Windows XP computer has shared resources such as
printers or folders there will be a maximum number of connections to the
computer that can share those resources. There can be as manycomputersin
a workgroup or on a router as are physically possible.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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Does this mean that even with a router you are limited to 10computerson
the
network? or is it just the workgroup?
Cheers
Alexis
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Windows XP Home has a limit of five network connections, Windows XP
Professional has a limit of ten network connections. For twenty to
thirty
computersyou will need a server operating system to make that many
simultaneous connections.
--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ...http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ...http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
Doing timing systems for an equestrian sport, sometimes we use a
network
with
4-6computers, sometimes there are 20-30computers. They all have a
common
workgroup. Previously we had laptops with Windows 98SE, ME and 2000.
The
computer who serves the shared files was on 98. This worked perfectly
fine.
Now we got newcomputerswith XP Home. Now after connecting some 4-5
computersto their mapped drives, the system tells me that no more
computers
can log onto this machine. IP addresses etc. are all correct, it's just
the
number of workstations.
Do I have to update the file-serving machine to XP professional
addition ?
And which will be the differences in configuring TCPIP, file sharing
etc.
?
Thanks very if anybody could give me an advice.
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I am assume that you are looking to save money since you purchased XP
Home and not Pro.

Have any of you thought of installing LINUX? You can buy a good server
version for under $400 and install Samba(opensource) so you can share
files and network printers.

This may also be a large learning curve on your part. There is a lot
on onfo on the net, just google it.
 
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