XP Network Capacity Issue

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I have a small network at work that uses NetBEUI. We
have 10 computers and I use one as a "data server". I
can only have 8 computers talking to the "server" at one
time. This seems like a small limit on users. What is
the limit?
 
"Brian" said:
I have a small network at work that uses NetBEUI. We
have 10 computers and I use one as a "data server". I
can only have 8 computers talking to the "server" at one
time. This seems like a small limit on users. What is
the limit?
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XP Home Edition allows a maximum of 5 other computers to connect to
its shared resources simultaneously. XP Professional allows a maximum
of 10 other computers to connect to its shared resources
simultaneously. Computers that aren't actively connected to a
computer's shared resources don't count against the limit. When a
computer disconnects from a shared resource, it no longer counts
against the limit. See this site for more information:

Inbound Connections Limit in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314882;
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