"michail iakovou yos" <1@1.1> wrote in message
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>I want a proof of this statment given to me by someone:
>
> That XP home can have only 5 ICS clients
> and XP pro can have only 10 ICS clients due
> to the limitation of connections (see here)
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;314882
>
> Does anyone have a page that says that this limitaion applies to ICS,
> since I doubt it....
>
>
>

"Chuck" <n***@example.net> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 22:56:40 +0200, "michail iakovou yos" <1@1.1> wrote:
>
>>I want a proof of this statment given to me by someone:
>>
>>That XP home can have only 5 ICS clients
>>and XP pro can have only 10 ICS clients due
>>to the limitation of connections (see here)
>>
>>http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;314882
>>
>>Does anyone have a page that says that this limitaion applies to ICS,
>>since I doubt it....
>
> The concurrent connections is for established connections, in Windows
> Networking.  ICS is an IP service, and IP is a connectionless protocol.
> This
> limitation does not apply to ICS.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/server-availability-affected-by.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/server-availability-affected-by.html
>
> Your ISP has no say in the matter.  If you have a router that supports 32
> connected computers, you can have 32.  If your router supports 256, then
> you can
> have 256.  Of course long before you get that number active, your
> bandwidth will
> suck so much, you won't care.  To say nothing of the ICS server.
>
> Now whether you are legally and morally entitled to connect 256
> computers...
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My        email         is          AT         DOT
>   actual       address    pchuck       mvps        org.

>Thank you sir.
>
>Thats what I thought.
>
>"Chuck" <n***@example.net> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 22:56:40 +0200, "michail iakovou yos" <1@1.1> wrote:
>>
>>>I want a proof of this statment given to me by someone:
>>>
>>>That XP home can have only 5 ICS clients
>>>and XP pro can have only 10 ICS clients due
>>>to the limitation of connections (see here)
>>>
>>>http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;314882
>>>
>>>Does anyone have a page that says that this limitaion applies to ICS,
>>>since I doubt it....
>>
>> The concurrent connections is for established connections, in Windows
>> Networking.  ICS is an IP service, and IP is a connectionless protocol.
>> This
>> limitation does not apply to ICS.
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/server-availability-affected-by.html>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/server-availability-affected-by.html
>>
>> Your ISP has no say in the matter.  If you have a router that supports 32
>> connected computers, you can have 32.  If your router supports 256, then
>> you can
>> have 256.  Of course long before you get that number active, your
>> bandwidth will
>> suck so much, you won't care.  To say nothing of the ICS server.
>>
>> Now whether you are legally and morally entitled to connect 256
>> computers...
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
>> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
>> My        email         is          AT         DOT
>>   actual       address    pchuck       mvps        org.
>