What should I do to add more connections? Are there ways or should I shift to Server/client Network or FTP?
[Windows XP SP2]
2007-09-26 17:19:54 · 2 answers · asked by Ugly Pig 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
If you need MORE than 10 users accessing a folder at a time, you should be running it on a proper SERVER OS not a desktop OS.
They are coded to allow differenct accessabilities.
2007-09-26 17:23:32 · answer #1 · answered by stu_the_kilted_scot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Microsoft defines a workgroup as 10 or less computers on a network. More than 10 and they want you to buy a server. Instead of that limitation, use FreeNAS to create a server and then you can get past the 10 connections limit as FreeNAS has no such BS built in to it's core. FreeNAS is free to download and will run on any old PC with at least 128 Mb RAM. I've got it running fine on a PIII 800 with 128 Mb RAM and 4 hard drives that stream my music and about a dozen movies. (Or you can shell out thousands for Microsoft server software and the necessary hardware to run it).
2007-09-26 17:37:26 · answer #2 · answered by BillH 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋