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From: Ace Fekay [MVP-DS, MCT] on 16 Mar 2010 21:37
"Phillip Windell" <philwindell(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:u4alpxTxKHA.2436(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Bob!
>
> I don't believe you ever told us what the Firewall is that you have.
>
> 1. You only have a Workgroup
> 2. You have more than 10 machines
> 3. Your server is nothing but a file server. The LAN does not depend on it
> for anything other than those Files on it. You could throw the server out
> in the street and the LAN would run fine other than the lost files.
>
> The Firewall:
>
> Some lower end "pro-sumer" grade firewalls (typically $300 to $600 range)
> have a limit on the number of users they will allow. Some use 10 as the
> limit, some use 15 as the limit. Yours is probably limited to 10 and once
> the limit is hit you are stuck till one of the sessions times out and allows
> a new user (hence the randomness).
>
>
> --
> Phillip Windell
>
> The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
> or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
>


I'm not sure, but I think the router may well be a Windows workstation using ICS, hence why that magic 10 concurrent connection limit number is occuring.

Ace
From: Phillip Windell on 17 Mar 2010 14:00

"Ace Fekay [MVP-DS, MCT]" <aceman(a)mvps.RemoveThisPart.org> wrote in message
news:ejtdjJXxKHA.3896(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>I'm not sure, but I think the router may well be a Windows workstation
>using ICS, hence why that
>magic 10 concurrent connection limit number is occuring.

> Ace

Yep! Could be.

--
Phillip Windell

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
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