On 14 Mar 2003, at 21:18, Byron Wolter wrote:

> 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

  In order to discourage users from trying to use "workstation" editions of
NT/2K/XP, these versions limit the number of simultaneous connections
they'll accept.  Server licenses are available at various price points,
depending on the number of simultaneous connections allowed.

  I think Microsoft is trying to tell you that 31 machines is too many to be
doing everything peer-to-peer, and that you ought to have a server they all
connect to instead.

David Gillett

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