Peer to peer problem

[Guest]

Hi I’m new to the forum and hope some can answer this question.

I am troubleshooting a strange network problem, here's the scenario.

Internet-netgear ADSL router-which connects to multihomed xp home.

Router wan static IP xx.xx.xx.xx internet
Router internal IP 10.0.0.1

Xp home (workgroup)
Nic1 ip= 10.0.0.2 connects to ADSL router
Nic2 ip= 192.168.100.150 connects to switch which connects to 4 windows CE
(part of same workgroup) running a tilling system as well as other printers.

When nic2 is connected everything runs smoothly however when I connect nic1
(internet) within 2-3 mins all internal network clients disconnects from xp
home.

According to Microsofthttp://support.microsoft.com/?id=314882

It seems I could be limited to 5 inbound simultaneous connections as I
running xp home.
I also have printers connected to the network. Does this count as an inbound
connection?

NetBIOS is enabled on nic 2 for name resolution as well as file and printer
sharing; client for Microsoft networks is also active.

any ideas?

 

[Guest]

The connection-limit only applies to netbios sessions. The router shouldn't
be creating a netbios session, so no that shouldn't cause the problem you
describe.

Printers do take-up netbios slots if they are peer-shared from a different
host than the file-sharing computers, but not if on the same host, and not if
accessed by other protocols such as LPR or DLC.

It think it more likely the problem has to do with adapter/protocol binding
order, or broadcast addresses. A good start would be to see if the internal
card is first in the binding-order for TCP/IP.

Another possible workaround might be to use IPX for internal communication.
(Is IPX available on WinCE? Not sure..)

 

[Chuck]

Hi I’m new to the forum and hope some can answer this question.

I am troubleshooting a strange network problem, here's the scenario.

Internet-netgear ADSL router-which connects to multihomed xp home.

Router wan static IP xx.xx.xx.xx internet
Router internal IP 10.0.0.1

Xp home (workgroup)
Nic1 ip= 10.0.0.2 connects to ADSL router
Nic2 ip= 192.168.100.150 connects to switch which connects to 4 windows CE
(part of same workgroup) running a tilling system as well as other printers.

When nic2 is connected everything runs smoothly however when I connect nic1
(internet) within 2-3 mins all internal network clients disconnects from xp
home.

According to Microsofthttp://support.microsoft.com/?id=314882

It seems I could be limited to 5 inbound simultaneous connections as I
running xp home.
I also have printers connected to the network. Does this count as an inbound
connection?

NetBIOS is enabled on nic 2 for name resolution as well as file and printer
sharing; client for Microsoft networks is also active.

any ideas?

An inbound connection is from client activity. When you connect a printer
"directly" to Ethernet, you do so thru a printer server. If there is any
relevant relationship here, the printer might be seen as a server from your
computer, not vice versa. So no, a printer does not count against the
connection limit.

Client for Microsoft Networks is merely an application that connects thru
NetBIOS Over TCP (or IPX/SPX or NetBEUI, should you require an alternate
transport for some reason).

Here's a relevant bit from 314882:
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.

The bottom line, I don't think your problem is being caused by your exceeding
the incoming connection limit. If you were to exceed the connection limit, one
client at a time should lose connectivity. Not all clients simultaneously.

Run Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management. Under System
Tools - Shared Folders, you will find the current Sessions inventory. Watch the
Sessions inventory with NIC1 disconnected, and your clients connecting properly.
Make sure that the sessions are actually dropping when you connect NIC1.