Network Connection Issue

[aemdliz]

I setup a network with six computers using WindowsXP Home. Computers 2,3,4,5,6 connecting to computer 1 via mapped drive. All computers connect to the workgroup without any issues except the last one. I receive the following message: <i></i><b></b><b> Microsoft Windows Network: No more connections can be made to this remote computer at this time because there are already as many connections as the computer can accept.</b> All the computers have a mapped drive setup to reconnect apon restart/reboot<BR><BR>My question is: How do you increase the connections computer 1 will accept within WindowsXP home?<BR><BR>Thanks<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif" border="0">

[Joe]

what os is the last computer running?

[MikeD]

Hi Aemdliz,<BR><BR>Unfortunately you are up against a hard limit. According to Microsoft, XP Home is limited to no more than 5 simultaneous inbound connections. XP Pro allows 10. Outbound connections are unlimited, but that doesn't help much I guess...<BR><BR><a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314882">here's a link to the relevant MSKB article</a>