vista home premium SMB connections limit

[ryan14]

ok so vista home premium has a limit of 10 simultaneous peer2peer connection limit. so what does this actually mean? i have a wireless lan with 12 computers and we all browse the internet on each of the 12 computers at the same time, so will only 10 users be able to do this simultaneously?

what happens if we download using a download accelerator that opens 10 connections so for 12 pc's it will be 120 connections?

if this smb limit only affects file sharing on a lan, what happens if 12 people want to download a file on a lan, will only 10 be able to do this simultaneously and the other 2 will have to wait for two people to stop downloading until they can start? if the other 2 have to wait, does vista show a popup box telling them this?

[lars77]

ok so vista home premium has a limit of 10 simultaneous peer2peer connection limit. so what does this actually mean?

Just to be clear, you're talking about the device connections limit, right? From Vista Home Premium EULA:

DEVICE CONNECTIONS. You may allow up to 10 other devices to access the software installed

with the licensed device to use File Services, Print Services, Internet Information Services and

Internet Connection Sharing and Telephony Services.

It means exactly that..up to 10 devices (or computers) can access your Vista Home Premium computer at the same time. So if you have a database on your Vista Home Premium-based computer, up to 10 people can connect to it simultaneously. The 11th person trying to connect will get a error saying that the connection failed, or something similar.

Same goes if your Vista Home Premium-based machine is acting as a file server..up to 10 people can connect to your computer to work on files, the 11th will be unable to connect. This of course gets tricky because computers don't always leave their connection open, so sometimes it'll "look" like you have more people connected when really only 10 have an open connection currently.

Basically, if you need more than 10 connections you really should be running a server.

i have a wireless lan with 12 computers and we all browse the internet on each of the 12 computers at the same time, so will only 10 users be able to do this simultaneously?

Keep in mind the device connection limit is per machine, not like per network (assuming that's what you're thinking?) So using the internet isn't really relevant, unless there's something in your setup you did not mention. eg: Are all your computers conecting to the internet via 1 Vista Home Premium computer, like is one set up as an ICS server?

if this smb limit only affects file sharing on a lan, what happens if 12 people want to download a file on a lan, will only 10 be able to do this simultaneously and the other 2 will have to wait for two people to stop downloading until they can start? if the other 2 have to wait, does vista show a popup box telling them this?

Assuming the file is on one Vista Home Premium computer, & you are attempting to simultaneously copy the same file using 12 other computers via a folder shared on the network, then yeah only 10 would be able to start the copy. The other two would get a connection failed error when they attempt to access the share folder, let alone try to copy the file..they'd have to wait until a connection frees up.

[ryan14]

all my computers are connected to a wireless broadband router. i don't use ICS.

what about if 12 of us wanted to play wow over our wireless lan, so would 12 computers be able to play wow over a lan or only 10?

[lars77]

what about if 12 of us wanted to play wow over our wireless lan, so would 12 computers be able to play wow over a lan or only 10?

12. Unless the WOW server is running Vista Home Premium, which seems very, very unlikely. If that were the case the WOW server could only host up to 10 people at the same time :p

I think you're still not understanding..the limit is for each computer (with Vista Home Premium installed). Not per network, not per wireless LAN, not per WOW server. It doesn't have anything to do with getting online or using the internet.

Think of a server running Vista Home Premium and X number of computers attempting to simultaneously connect to that one server. Eventually the device connection limit would kick in on the server if more than 10 computers are attempting connections to it.