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Old June 25th 04, 03:51 PM
Fred Marshall
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Small peer to peer network with static IP addresses.
Windows 98
Windows 98SE
Windows XP Home
Windows ME

The Windows ME system was just formatted and rebuilt - so there should be no
wierdness.

The Windows ME system uses files on the Windows XP Home system.
Sometimes opening My Network Places takes forever!
Sometimes we get a message "Too many network connections" when there are
actually very few.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Fred


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Old June 25th 04, 10:54 PM
DBT
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Hey Fred,
Sorry that I can't help you out but I was wandering if you
you may be able to help me out. It sounds like you are
already a bit smarter than me, you atleast have your
computers hooked up and configured.
I am trying to set up a 2 computer network at home. One
computer is running 98SE and the other is running ME. Both
computers came with built n ethernet cards. I thought I
would be able to have the computers communicate with one
another by using an ethernet cable and running the setup
wizard.
I'll leave it at that for now. If you would be able to
bestow any of your knowledge upon me I would greatly
appreciate it

Thanks,
Dan
-----Original Message-----
Small peer to peer network with static IP addresses.
Windows 98
Windows 98SE
Windows XP Home
Windows ME

The Windows ME system was just formatted and rebuilt - so

there should be no
wierdness.

The Windows ME system uses files on the Windows XP Home

system.
Sometimes opening My Network Places takes forever!
Sometimes we get a message "Too many network connections"

when there are
actually very few.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Fred


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Old June 25th 04, 11:23 PM
James Egan
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On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 07:51:05 -0700, "Fred Marshall"
wrote:

The Windows ME system uses files on the Windows XP Home system.
Sometimes opening My Network Places takes forever!
Sometimes we get a message "Too many network connections" when there are
actually very few.


Windows xp home can only accept 5 network connections to its resources
at any one time. Your other operating systems can do 10.

Hardly an UPgrade from win9x eh?


Jim.

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Old June 25th 04, 11:28 PM
James Egan
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On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:54:55 -0700, "DBT"
wrote:

computers came with built n ethernet cards. I thought I
would be able to have the computers communicate with one
another by using an ethernet cable and running the setup
wizard.


If you are connecting them directly (ie no hub or switch) then you
need a *crossover* ethernet cable.


Jim.

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Old June 25th 04, 11:43 PM
Carey Holzman
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www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

Carey

"Fred Marshall" wrote in message
...
Small peer to peer network with static IP addresses.
Windows 98
Windows 98SE
Windows XP Home
Windows ME

The Windows ME system was just formatted and rebuilt - so there should be

no
wierdness.

The Windows ME system uses files on the Windows XP Home system.
Sometimes opening My Network Places takes forever!
Sometimes we get a message "Too many network connections" when there are
actually very few.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Fred




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Old June 26th 04, 02:09 AM
Fred Marshall
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"James Egan" wrote in message
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On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 07:51:05 -0700, "Fred Marshall"
wrote:

The Windows ME system uses files on the Windows XP Home system.
Sometimes opening My Network Places takes forever!
Sometimes we get a message "Too many network connections" when there are
actually very few.


Windows xp home can only accept 5 network connections to its resources
at any one time. Your other operating systems can do 10.

Hardly an UPgrade from win9x eh?


Jim,

There are only 4 computers on the network, including the XP system. There
are also 2 local printers that are shared. How many is that? Isn't it 3
network connections?

Thanks,

Fred


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Old June 26th 04, 10:03 AM
Noel Paton
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Nope - the printers may each use one, and each of the PC's may use more than
one at a time (depending on the applications running)

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"Fred Marshall" wrote in message
...

"James Egan" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 07:51:05 -0700, "Fred Marshall"
wrote:

The Windows ME system uses files on the Windows XP Home system.
Sometimes opening My Network Places takes forever!
Sometimes we get a message "Too many network connections" when there

are
actually very few.


Windows xp home can only accept 5 network connections to its resources
at any one time. Your other operating systems can do 10.

Hardly an UPgrade from win9x eh?


Jim,

There are only 4 computers on the network, including the XP system. There
are also 2 local printers that are shared. How many is that? Isn't it 3
network connections?

Thanks,

Fred




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Old June 26th 04, 12:08 PM
Mike M
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This rather depends surely on whether the printers are network printers each
with their own IP address or whether they are printers hanging off one or
other of the networked PCs.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Noel Paton wrote:

Nope - the printers may each use one, and each of the PC's may use more
than one at a time (depending on the applications running)


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Old June 26th 04, 04:03 PM
Fred Marshall
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Carey,

OK. Thanks.... I'm following those instructions now. Very impressive
array of information!

Fred

"Carey Holzman" wrote in message
...
www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

Carey

"Fred Marshall" wrote in message
...
Small peer to peer network with static IP addresses.
Windows 98
Windows 98SE
Windows XP Home
Windows ME

The Windows ME system was just formatted and rebuilt - so there should

be
no
wierdness.

The Windows ME system uses files on the Windows XP Home system.
Sometimes opening My Network Places takes forever!
Sometimes we get a message "Too many network connections" when there are
actually very few.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Fred






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Old June 26th 04, 04:26 PM
Fred Marshall
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Mike and Noel,

Thanks! Well, as I said, the printers are local / shared.

The drives on the XP machine are mapped on others. Does a mapped drive
constitute a "network connection". There are a total of 4 IP addresses
including the XP machine.

I've never seen this particular error message before and I've worked on lots
of similar networks - including my own right here. This one has up to 5
computers on it and a network printer with its own IP address. Not a
problem.

Fred


"Mike M" wrote in message
...
This rather depends surely on whether the printers are network printers

each
with their own IP address or whether they are printers hanging off one or
other of the networked PCs.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Noel Paton wrote:

Nope - the printers may each use one, and each of the PC's may use more
than one at a time (depending on the applications running)




 




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