[coolray]

I'm new to networking, and need some help to understand about windows xp file sharing service.
According to Windows XP Professional book, "Windows XP file sharing service can make a network connection at most 10 other computers. If you need to share a network resource (such a printer or file folder) with more than 10 computers, you'll need Windows XP server."

My company currently has 10 computers with Windows XP installed, and these are connected thru 3 switches to a router. Also, a network hard drive is connected to our network as a file server, and so are printers.
I wonder if I connect 11th machine with Windows XP to the network, the machine might not be able to connect to the network unless I have a Windows XP server based on what it's written above. Am I understanding it correctly?

Do I really need to have the Windows XP server? What my company really needs is a file server with a backup storage.

Thanks.

[EricB]

I've share it on more than 10 machines at home. I once networked about 15 computers at a day care center with xp

[jay_bo]

This may help Inbound connections limit in Windows XP

[squeeze01]

im pretty sure 10 is just a guideline for xp i think 10 is the number of hosts you can have on a network with out a throughput being lowerd