Replication share connection limit (4307996)

If you recieve this error in the patching logs of a replication machine: 

No more connections can be made to this remote computer at this time because there are already as many connections as the computer can accept.

Operating systems sold at the consumer level have a limited amount of connections that can take place at one time.

For example: Windows 7, 8 and 10 have a limitation of only 20 connections at any given time. The error occurs when more than the maximum amount of connections is attempted.  

Server operating systems do not have this limitation.

Use a Server Operating System as the replication share to avoid the inbound connection limitation set by the Operating System. 

To see if you have the limitation in the Operating System you are using use the following steps: 

1. Open Command Prompt (Administrator Mode)
2. Type: net config server
3. Results will be displayed across from: Maximum Logged on Users