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Q265682: Appleshare Clients Have Maximum Viewable Volume Limit of 256

Article: Q265682
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): WINDOWS:2000; winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenv kbnetwork
Last Modified: 10-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server 
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server 
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server 
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SUMMARY
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When sharing Apple Macintosh volumes from a server running Microsoft Windows
2000 Server or Microsoft NT Server, Appleshare clients may not see more than 256
volumes.

MORE INFORMATION
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Appleshare clients viewing volumes from Windows 2000 Server or Windows NT Server
have a maximum viewable volume limit of 256. This limitation exists within the
Appleshare client, not the Windows-based server.

Windows 2000 Server and Windows NT Server allow the user to create more than 256
Apple Macintosh volumes. When more than 256 volumes are created, the Apple
Chooser may not populate the list of volumes properly. For example, not all
volumes are shown.

To verify this behavior, create more than 256 volumes on the server. Perform a
network trace on the traffic between the server and client while the Appleshare
client is retrieving the list of volumes. In one of the traced data fields sent
from the server to the client, the volumes are displayed.

For more information, please go to Apple's Web site at the following Web site
address:

  http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n20692

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Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbenv kbnetwork 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT400search kbwin2000AdvServ kbwin2000AdvServSearch kbwin2000DataServ kbwin2000DataServSearch kbwin2000Serv kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbwin2000ServSearch kbwin2000Search kbWinAdvServSearch kbWinDataServSearch
Version           : WINDOWS:2000; winnt:4.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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