XP Workgroups(Size)

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I've been told that XP can only handle up to 10 machines per workgroup
Is this true?

We want to set up a SOHO config. with 8 machines right now but this will
probably grow to +/- 14 in a month or so.

Our needs are quite simple inasmuch as we only really need ICS via DSL off
a *dedicated* machine, a remote means of backing up crucial files from each
machine (also to this dedicated machine) and a small amount of file sharing
between certain machines (files also stored on the dedicated machine).

If the limit is 10, what options do we have ? Can we set up several
workgroups for file sharing and still have the overall ICS running?
Must we go the domain route?

BTW the PCs are using a mixture of W98SE, W2000, XP Pro & XP Home - although
the 98s will be replaced by at least XP home before being networked.


TIA
NuBee
 
"Bill" <[email protected]> said:
I've been told that XP can only handle up to 10 machines per workgroup
Is this true?

We want to set up a SOHO config. with 8 machines right now but this will
probably grow to +/- 14 in a month or so.

Our needs are quite simple inasmuch as we only really need ICS via DSL off
a *dedicated* machine, a remote means of backing up crucial files from each
machine (also to this dedicated machine) and a small amount of file sharing
between certain machines (files also stored on the dedicated machine).

If the limit is 10, what options do we have ? Can we set up several
workgroups for file sharing and still have the overall ICS running?
Must we go the domain route?

BTW the PCs are using a mixture of W98SE, W2000, XP Pro & XP Home - although
the 98s will be replaced by at least XP home before being networked.
Click to expand...

There's a common misconception about a limit to the number of
computers on a Windows XP network. Apparently, Microsoft's
documentation isn't as clear as it should be. I've even seen a
computer manufacturer's web site get it wrong.

There's no limit to the number of computers that can belong to a
workgroup and network with Windows XP.

There's a different limit that seems to cause this confusion. Home
Edition allows a maximum of 5 other computers to connect to its shared
resources simultaneously. 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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