Heya all, this is a re-post of my earlier mistake in a discussion.
Let me fill you in on the background…
I’m the IT Admin for our terminal located in Indiana. We have 15 PCs all on the same network, that have to access…another “computer” on a daily basis. This computer is running XP Pro, and has been configured for this reason. I call it a server, although we all really know its not. For the sake of discussion, in reference to “server” I am referring to this PC.
We have a folder called Shared Files…it contains all of our paperwork, spread sheets, documents, everything…every PC works out of this folder, and we save to the folder…and everyone is on the same page. The problem I am having is…different PCs on our network, at different times cannot connect to the “server”. It says “the computer has reached the maximum number of connections allowed”.
This has been bothering us for around two months now…the easy quick fix is to just restart the server, and then everything is fine, for awhile. The hassle is when it happens, when I’m not around…or at 2 AM in the morning, etc..
I researched it fully, and I understand SP2 limits the maximum concurrent TCP/IP connections to 10, I used a registry tweak and increased this number to 50. We still have the problem. Using an article I found on here, I went into the group policy and made a change to some Domain registry, increased it from 10 to 50 aswell. This seemed to fix the problem for the other guy, although his was linked with Printers…however; Printers on a network use a TCP/IP connection as well, and I believe the same principles apply in my situation.
My question: Has anyone experienced this problem, and does anyone KNOW a work around? I would appreciate every bit of feed back possible, I’ve tried with Windows, with arstechnica.com, tek-tips.com, and no one knows what this is.
I think I have covered the aspect and all problems in whole, thanks guys.
Michael
