Thanks.  It just so happens I found that answer while searching XP websites.
But, I wasn't sure if it really meant what I thought.  Oh well, I guess I'll
have to set up my resource on every 5th computer (not a problem).

But, I did run into another problem. My school bought 5 more XP machines. I
set them and hooked them into the hub (100base). I could see 6 out of 9 XP
machines. But three of them didn't even see themselves.  XP reports no
problems. Lights on NIC and hub are on. I'm suspecting the hub (just bought
it off ebay) may have a problem. I'm going to check Monday morning by using
my old hub for the three bad machines, plus one of the good ones and see if
that works.  If the hub is bad, even though the lights are on, will this
prevent a computer from seeing itself?

Byron Wolter

-----Original Message-----
From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Harold Bush
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 7:58 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] XP on a network


There's a reason they call it XP Home. 5 connections maximum and lots of
other stuff left out. This link has a good explanation of what the
differences are between home and pro.
http://www.iqt.com.au/selectnewsletters/currentissue/windowsXPdifference
.htm

Harold Bush
Chief Technologist
Vox 845.679.5190
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-----Original Message-----
From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Byron Wolter
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 10:18 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PCBUILD] XP on a network


I have a classroom with a few Compaq 6000s with XP Home Edition. I also
have a few HPs with Win 98. They all can see and interact with each
other until over 5 users try to access a Compaq with XP. Sometimes I get
a "no permissions" message, other times I get "too many users."  I
checked this out by having one computer shut down.  The computer that
couldn't get on could then access the XP machine. And the one that I had
shut down could no longer access the XP. Does anyone know if there is a
setting in XP to up the number of connections?  I couldn't find
anything.  I recall seeing in Win98 but have never had a problem with
them.

My network is TCP/IP.  The address ranges are 192.168.1.1 to
192.168.1.31 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0

They are all connected through a hub (10base).

Byron Wolter

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