Shares irritation

Have 6 pcs networked in house via cat5. All pcs are running both tcp-ip and
netbuie. The 'preferred' protocol is netbuie and there's no bindings on the
tcp-ip protocol but "Client for..." and "File & printer ..." is bound to
Netbuie. Each pc has a manually assigned ip address of 192.168.0.x. The
tcp-ip protocol is used for a) so all pcs can route thru a proxy server
running on a stand-alone 98se pc as only option where I live is dialup, b)
using pcanywhere to "control" same pc from anywhere in house and c) some
games. Five of the pcs are 98se with only the one being XP Pro.

The problem I'm having is that one of the pcs that shares both it's printer
(for all 6 to use) and two of it's three (to 3 other pcs) hd's continually
gives 'can't access, too many connections" error message both trying to
access hd and/or printer. When I go to reboot this pc (which seems only way
to clear problem) it states there's only 2/3 connections when it asks if I
want to disconnect. I thought the limit was 5.

I can move the printer to another pc but will that solve anything? Seems
reasonable to me that 2/3 other pcs could use a f4th's shared hd for backups
etc. without having to resort to a server OS etc.

Where's these limitations discussed on MS's site?

The solution is to install a server operating system on the computer that is
sharing resources. Windows XP Home only allows five connections (not
COMPUTERS, but CONNECTIONS) to shared resources and Windows XP Pro only
allows ten connections. If one computer is connected to two printers and
one shared network folder that's three connections of the five/ten you are
allowed.

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"pjp" <pjpoirier_is_located_at_@_hotmail_._com> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Have 6 pcs networked in house via cat5. All pcs are running both tcp-ip
> and
> netbuie. The 'preferred' protocol is netbuie and there's no bindings on
> the
> tcp-ip protocol but "Client for..." and "File & printer ..." is bound to
> Netbuie. Each pc has a manually assigned ip address of 192.168.0.x. The
> tcp-ip protocol is used for a) so all pcs can route thru a proxy server
> running on a stand-alone 98se pc as only option where I live is dialup, b)
> using pcanywhere to "control" same pc from anywhere in house and c) some
> games. Five of the pcs are 98se with only the one being XP Pro.
>
> The problem I'm having is that one of the pcs that shares both it's
> printer
> (for all 6 to use) and two of it's three (to 3 other pcs) hd's continually
> gives 'can't access, too many connections" error message both trying to
> access hd and/or printer. When I go to reboot this pc (which seems only
> way
> to clear problem) it states there's only 2/3 connections when it asks if I
> want to disconnect. I thought the limit was 5.
>
> I can move the printer to another pc but will that solve anything? Seems
> reasonable to me that 2/3 other pcs could use a f4th's shared hd for
> backups
> etc. without having to resort to a server OS etc.
>
> Where's these limitations discussed on MS's site?
>
>
>

On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 19:47:19 -0300, "pjp"
<pjpoirier_is_located_at_@_hotmail_._com> wrote:

>The problem I'm having is that one of the pcs that shares both it's printer
>(for all 6 to use) and two of it's three (to 3 other pcs) hd's continually
>gives 'can't access, too many connections" error message both trying to
>access hd and/or printer. When I go to reboot this pc (which seems only way
>to clear problem) it states there's only 2/3 connections when it asks if I
>want to disconnect. I thought the limit was 5.
>

Win98 wouldn't suffer from this problem in its default state. The
maximum number of concurrent connections is configurable as documented
here (default is 100)
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/733/

xp pro has a limit of 10 concurrent connections and xp home 5


Jim.

Home is not in the equation. just one XP-Pro, all the others 98SE. The Pro
pc actually shares nothing as I don't trust all MS's extra crap running
under the hood etc. so it's basically for gaming and nothing else.

And it doesn't explain why my preferred 98SE pc can share two printers and
three folders while at same time has mapped 5 drives off other pc's with no
problems.

"Richard G. Harper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:eE%(E-Mail Removed)...
> The solution is to install a server operating system on the computer that
is
> sharing resources. Windows XP Home only allows five connections (not
> COMPUTERS, but CONNECTIONS) to shared resources and Windows XP Pro only
> allows ten connections. If one computer is connected to two printers and
> one shared network folder that's three connections of the five/ten you are
> allowed.
>
> --
> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (E-Mail Removed)
> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
> * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
> * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
> "pjp" <pjpoirier_is_located_at_@_hotmail_._com> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Have 6 pcs networked in house via cat5. All pcs are running both tcp-ip
> > and
> > netbuie. The 'preferred' protocol is netbuie and there's no bindings on
> > the
> > tcp-ip protocol but "Client for..." and "File & printer ..." is bound to
> > Netbuie. Each pc has a manually assigned ip address of 192.168.0.x. The
> > tcp-ip protocol is used for a) so all pcs can route thru a proxy server
> > running on a stand-alone 98se pc as only option where I live is dialup,
b)
> > using pcanywhere to "control" same pc from anywhere in house and c) some
> > games. Five of the pcs are 98se with only the one being XP Pro.
> >
> > The problem I'm having is that one of the pcs that shares both it's
> > printer
> > (for all 6 to use) and two of it's three (to 3 other pcs) hd's
continually
> > gives 'can't access, too many connections" error message both trying to
> > access hd and/or printer. When I go to reboot this pc (which seems only
> > way
> > to clear problem) it states there's only 2/3 connections when it asks if
I
> > want to disconnect. I thought the limit was 5.
> >
> > I can move the printer to another pc but will that solve anything? Seems
> > reasonable to me that 2/3 other pcs could use a f4th's shared hd for
> > backups
> > etc. without having to resort to a server OS etc.
> >
> > Where's these limitations discussed on MS's site?
> >
> >
> >
>
>

Thanks, haven't checked the specific pc with problem yet and hopefully
that'll fix it. It basically is a fresh install though so ...?

Rid immediate problem by moving shared printer to another pc

"James Egan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 19:47:19 -0300, "pjp"
> <pjpoirier_is_located_at_@_hotmail_._com> wrote:
>
> >The problem I'm having is that one of the pcs that shares both it's
printer
> >(for all 6 to use) and two of it's three (to 3 other pcs) hd's
continually
> >gives 'can't access, too many connections" error message both trying to
> >access hd and/or printer. When I go to reboot this pc (which seems only
way
> >to clear problem) it states there's only 2/3 connections when it asks if
I
> >want to disconnect. I thought the limit was 5.
> >
>
> Win98 wouldn't suffer from this problem in its default state. The
> maximum number of concurrent connections is configurable as documented
> here (default is 100)
> http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/733/
>
> xp pro has a limit of 10 concurrent connections and xp home 5
>
>
> Jim.
>