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    Win XP Network Connection Limitations

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by elijahRW, Jan 19, 2010.

  1. elijahRW

    elijahRW Notebook Deity

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    I have 5 computers on my network via Ethernet. I tried to add a six but when I try to connect to the main computer's files that all of the other computers are connected to, it says,
    "Microsoft Windows Network: No more connections can be made to this remote computer at this time because there are already as many connections as the computer can accept."

    I googled this but didn't find a solution.

    How to I increase the ammount of connections to the server?
     
    elijahRW, Jan 19, 2010
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  2. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    Is Windows XP home your server OS?

    Pretty sure that number is inflexible and cannot be changed with a registry hack. XP Pro is 10 simultaneous connections.

    Seems I recall something about swapping some actual files to allow more, but I cannot remember.

    One thing I do know, though is you can use the net command to somewhat alleviate this.

    The limit refers to SIMULTANEOUS connections, but when a computer connects to a server for any reason the connection is maintained for 15 minutes (default time).

    Shorten this time, and the other computers can connect faster.

    net config server /autodisconnect:time_before_autodisconnect

    So
    net config server /autodisconnect:3

    Means the connection is terminated 3 minutes after the activity ended.

    Of course, that all depends on the activity you are doing. If the activity is constant, it will not terminate ever.
     
    gerryf19, Jan 20, 2010
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  3. surfasb

    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

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    Hummm, I could of sworn 10 was the default, not the max.
     
    surfasb, Jan 20, 2010
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  4. elijahRW

    elijahRW Notebook Deity

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    Ok the problem seems to be fixed.
    I found out that in XP home it's set to 5, and XP Pro is 10.
    On the host computer, I went to the configuration settings for the network adapter turn off Flow Control.
    That seems to have fixed it... :)
     
    elijahRW, Jan 20, 2010
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  5. makaveli72

    makaveli72 Eat.My.Shorts

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    ^^^ That doesn't make any sense to me. But hey, it fixed the problem.
     
    makaveli72, Jan 20, 2010
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  6. elijahRW

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    I think, it fixed it. I had 6 computers on at the same time once, before I changed anything, but 90% of the time it only would allow 5 simulationously.

    So far so good, I'll report back if it stops working
     
    elijahRW, Jan 20, 2010
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  7. Evaders99

    Evaders99 Notebook Consultant

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    I believe there is a hacked TCP/IP file out there that removes this limit. Not sure the legality of it, so use at your own peril
     
    Evaders99, Jan 20, 2010
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