Shared folders in a workgroup.

[Simon Lew]

I would like to setup a workgroup of XP Pro and Win2k systems to do the
following:

1 - Teacher workstation

30+ Student workstations with a shared folder created that is only
accessible by the Teacher workstation.

Question: Would there be a limit to how many shares the Teacher workstation
could access simultaneously? Or would the Teacher be limited to the 10
maximum shares allowed. The goal is to have students place their results in
the shared folder as the Teacher periodically pulls data from the shares.

Thank you in advance.

Simon

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I would like to setup a workgroup of XP Pro and Win2k systems to do the
following:

1 - Teacher workstation

30+ Student workstations with a shared folder created that is only
accessible by the Teacher workstation.

Question: Would there be a limit to how many shares the Teacher workstation
could access simultaneously? Or would the Teacher be limited to the 10
maximum shares allowed. The goal is to have students place their results in
the shared folder as the Teacher periodically pulls data from the shares.

Thank you in advance.

Simon

The teacher can access any number of student PCs, preferably using
UNC coding:

xcopy \\PC1\Results\test.doc d:\Results\PC1\
xcopy \\PC3\Results\test.doc d:\Results\PC2\
xcopy \\PC2\Results\test.doc d:\Results\PC3\

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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I would like to setup a workgroup of XP Pro and Win2k systems to do
the following:

1 - Teacher workstation

30+ Student workstations with a shared folder created that is only
accessible by the Teacher workstation.

Question: Would there be a limit to how many shares the Teacher
workstation could access simultaneously? Or would the Teacher be
limited to the 10 maximum shares allowed. The goal is to have
students place their results in the shared folder as the Teacher
periodically pulls data from the shares.

Thank you in advance.

Simon

OT, but in a network of that size, I think you would be wise to consider
moving to a domain model. For reasons of connectivity (the 10 connection
limit cannot be bypassed) and also of security, centralized administration,
etc.