10-connection limit on TCP/IP?
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I heard this a while ago: Is there a 10-connection limit (inbound) on Windows NT(Workstation)/2K Professional? To elaborate, can more than 10 computers with different IP-addresses connect to a Windows Computer (using TCP) -- like a web server? The "Server" application is not a MS product. Also, if this can be done, does it violate the Licence?
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I heard this a while ago: Is there a 10-connection limit (inbound) on Windows NT(Workstation)/2K Professional? To elaborate, can more than 10 computers with different IP-addresses connect to a Windows Computer (using TCP) -- like a web server? The "Server" application is not a MS product. Also, if this can be done, does it violate the Licence?
I don't know about the 10 connection limit. It seems pretty a little weird. DM wrote: Also, if this can be done, does it violate the Licence? Unless it violates your ISP contract (i.e. it says not servers) it shouldn't violate anything. -:suss:Matt Newman:suss: -:suss:Matt Newman:suss: -Sonork ID: 100.11179:BestSnowman
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I heard this a while ago: Is there a 10-connection limit (inbound) on Windows NT(Workstation)/2K Professional? To elaborate, can more than 10 computers with different IP-addresses connect to a Windows Computer (using TCP) -- like a web server? The "Server" application is not a MS product. Also, if this can be done, does it violate the Licence?
This is correct. Check out the article on msdn: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q122920 -Sean ---- "Vigilance With Pride"
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This is correct. Check out the article on msdn: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q122920 -Sean ---- "Vigilance With Pride"
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The article is not clear about which network level the limit has been applied to. It doesn't say that the limit is on TCP/IP. Maybe its only on products like IIS? Anybody actually verified this experimentally?
The article states a 10-user connection limit. Multiple connection from one user (on a single machine) count as one connection. Two users from one machine (i.e. a service running under the system account and a user) connecting count as two connections. IIS connections usually connect under a special anonymous account IUSR_. So all anonymous web connections count as ONE connection. If you set up a secure website (login required) there will be a 10-user simultaneous connection limit. This sounds like a limit on the number of users, not a limit on the number of TCP/IP connections. Check out the section named "More Information". It specifically talks about having two windows sockets (socket=1/2 of a TCP/IP connection) count as one connection. -Sean ---- "Vigilance With Pride"
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I heard this a while ago: Is there a 10-connection limit (inbound) on Windows NT(Workstation)/2K Professional? To elaborate, can more than 10 computers with different IP-addresses connect to a Windows Computer (using TCP) -- like a web server? The "Server" application is not a MS product. Also, if this can be done, does it violate the Licence?
There is a ten-connection limit on the Workstation/Professional editions, but it doesn't apply to IIS connections. It is intended, I believe, to limit RAS users on small networks. As an interesting sidenote, I attended a training meeting in Phoenix with Microsoft when they were handing out copies of Win2K Beta3, and found myself chatting at lunch with one of the engineers. He mentioned in passing that the Workstation and Server products were essentially the same animal, but optimized in the Registry for different roles. That leads me to believe that a sufficiently clever person (myself not included) might be able to open up this restriction to accomodate his/her needs. It's worth a look...