RE: how many browser connections, and do mapped drives count?

i'm adding a post as i didn't notice first time you write that when clients
connect to your domain. can you elaborate with:
sample unc path that causes the error (is this on a domain controller)
stupid question: are the clients members of the domain (do the computers
have accounts in the domain?)

"trink" wrote:

> By browser I mean folks trying to get there by opening and explorer, network
> neighborhood, and winnowing their way to my domain and server. As soon as
> they click the domain, they get a refusal to connect. I have specified that I
> have 20 CALs, but there can't be even close to that number of machines
> trying to connect. This system is also a terminal server, but that licensing
> seems to be going as it should... (even though I have issues with not being
> able to reset a license once it's been dished out).
> Trink
>
> "Ewan" wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > "trink" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > Seems like I should know this (or at least be able to find it definitively,
> > > but I can't). How many browser connections will a W2K3 server support at
> > > once? Does that number of connections include mapped network drives, or not?
> > > I have a server which really gets very little use: there aren't more than
> > > 5-10 other XP systems on the net with it, yet people are frequently locked
> > > out with the "too many connetions" error. Sometimes you can get it, other
> > > times not. This is the first time I've even thought about how many *browser*
> > > connections a server could support - did something change between win 2000
> > > server and W2K3?
> > > help?
> > > Trink
> > by *browser* do you mean windows explorer uesrs visiting \\servername\share ?
> > if you do, what licensing model did you choose at install? (did you specify
> > the number of CALs you have, or did you state that each client should have
> > it's own CAL ?
.

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