Windows XP prompts "insufficient network connections"

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Alex

Hi,

We have an XP box act as a file server. We access the
files OK. But sometimes, when we want to access a drive
on the server, we get a prompt saying "insufficient
network connections" to that effect. We rebooted the
server. That corrected the problem. Anyone has ideas on
this problem and solution?

Thanks.
Alex
 
Alex said:
Hi,

We have an XP box act as a file server. We access the
files OK. But sometimes, when we want to access a drive
on the server, we get a prompt saying "insufficient
network connections" to that effect. We rebooted the
server. That corrected the problem. Anyone has ideas on
this problem and solution?

Thanks.
Alex
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There's an inbound connection limit.
XP home and Pro are client OSes, not server OSes.

XP Home : 5 machines can be simultaneously connected;
XP Pro: 10 machines can be simultaneously connected.

It's detailled here:
Inbound Connections Limit in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314882

If you think you're getting knocked back before the connection limit is
reached, then you can read through this:

Troubleshooting Server Message Block Inbound Connection Limit
in Windows Peer-to-Peer Workgroup
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;328459

If you need more inbound connections, then you need to look at
getting a proper server OS like win2000 server.
 
Ron,

Thanks for your information.

Alex
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There's an inbound connection limit.
XP home and Pro are client OSes, not server OSes.

XP Home : 5 machines can be simultaneously connected;
XP Pro: 10 machines can be simultaneously connected.

It's detailled here:
Inbound Connections Limit in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN- US;314882

If you think you're getting knocked back before the connection limit is
reached, then you can read through this:

Troubleshooting Server Message Block Inbound Connection Limit
in Windows Peer-to-Peer Workgroup
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;328459

If you need more inbound connections, then you need to look at
getting a proper server OS like win2000 server.



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Best Regards
Ron Lowe
MVP - Windows Networking





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