Connection Limit in Windows 2000 Professional?

[Rainsford]

I've heard that Windows 2000 Professional can only have 15 network connections of any type to it at a time. Is there any truth to this? And if it is true, is there any way around that? I want to set up my Windows 2000 computer as a little server for various stuff, but 15 connections is kinda lame. Thanks.

 

[AndyHui]

The maximum is 10 simultaneous connections.

Any more and you need Windows 2000 Server.

 

[Rainsford]

Ok then. Is there any reason not to use the server version (which I have)? Does it have and do everything professional does?

 

[Derango]

Its Profesional, plus extra server stuff. So it will do anything pro does/can do.

 

[AndyHui]

Win2K Server has a larger overhead and memory footprint.

By default, performance is optimised for system services rather than foreground applications. You can still change this though.