Hello folks.
We have this small work group network at network, and one machine is acting like the main machine(I won't call it a server because this is a work group). This machine has a
TB drive attached, and as you can guess it is shared among all computers. Things are fine except that sometimes when some machine will try to access the shared drive an error message will appear saying that : No more connections can be made to the host/remote machine or something like that.
If the main machine is restarted, the machine which wasn't able to access the drive will be able to access it just fine. The computers are about 30 I think. The main machine has windows xp pro in it. Not server, not advanced server. Just pro.....Do I really need server version anyways for just sharing a drive?
So, what is it? Am I really hitting the maximum number of connections that can be made to the machine with the shared drive? Can I increase the number of connections? Can I have machines drop the connection after sometime of inactivity to allow access for other machines?
Am I clear enough?
I can upgrade XP to windows 7 ultimate if 7 has a bigger maximum for remote connections.
Thanks.
We have this small work group network at network, and one machine is acting like the main machine(I won't call it a server because this is a work group). This machine has a
TB drive attached, and as you can guess it is shared among all computers. Things are fine except that sometimes when some machine will try to access the shared drive an error message will appear saying that : No more connections can be made to the host/remote machine or something like that.
If the main machine is restarted, the machine which wasn't able to access the drive will be able to access it just fine. The computers are about 30 I think. The main machine has windows xp pro in it. Not server, not advanced server. Just pro.....Do I really need server version anyways for just sharing a drive?
So, what is it? Am I really hitting the maximum number of connections that can be made to the machine with the shared drive? Can I increase the number of connections? Can I have machines drop the connection after sometime of inactivity to allow access for other machines?
Am I clear enough?
I can upgrade XP to windows 7 ultimate if 7 has a bigger maximum for remote connections.
Thanks.