Windows 2000 Ras Error 937 connection refused when trying to connect two PCs simultaneously

[John M Drescher]

I got error 937 when trying to connect 2 PC to a win2k box with 2 modems and ras. It says because another connection of your type is in use the incoming connection cannot accept your connection request. What is the reason for this? Is this a licensing issue? Do I have to get win2k server? I need to connect 3 pcs simultaneously to one server with 3 modems. I also Got the following event message on the ras server: EventID 20073 The following error occurred in the Point to Point Protocol module on port: COM3, UserName: TELEMAML. Because another connection of your type is in use, the incoming connection cannot accept your connection request.

[John M Drescher]

Here is the answer. It is a licensing issue.. :( Incoming connections By creating an incoming connection, a computer running Windows 2000 Professional or stand-alone Windows 2000 Server can act as a remote access server. You can configure an incoming connection to accept the following connection types: dial-up (modem, ISDN, X.25), virtual private network (VPN) (PPTP, L2TP), or direct (serial, infrared). On a computer running Windows 2000 Professional, an incoming connection can accept up to three incoming calls, up to one of each of these types. On a computer running Windows 2000 Server, the number of inbound calls is only limited by the computer and its hardware configuration.