Re: xp pro file sharing issue on microsoft network - behavior differs with computers

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From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 09/10/04 

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 05:49:30 -0700

Antoine wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm having a verry annoying problem with my current setup.
>
> - we have a small office network on a single LAN segment, with around
> 15 computers.
> - all computers run XP pro
> - 2 computers are HP boxes, others are Samsung. all came with XP
> preinstalled by the vendors.
> - all PCs are part of the same network / workgroup, with no domain.
> - all PCs have 2 NICs, but only using one (the other is disabled),
> excepted one PC connected to the internet (for itself only, it's not
> sharing its connection)

I've snipped the rest of your post because the answer to your networking
problems is in this sentence:

> - we have a small office network on a single LAN segment, with around
> 15 computers.

You have run into the 10 concurrent connections problem. XP Pro allows
10 concurrent connections - and this does not mean 10 *computer*
connections. One computer might have more than one connection to
another machine at any given time. You need to purchase a server. This
means it will have a server operating system such as Window Server 2003
or Small Business Server 2003. You don't have to set up Active
Directory, but I would suggest doing that. It makes server
administration far easier. If you don't have an IT Dept. and no one in
your organization has experience with this, hire an outside
professional to set this up for you so it will be done correctly. As
your network is set up now, it will never work right.

Malke 

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