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Q134384: Configuring for Additional Sessions under IPX/SPX

Article: Q134384
Product(s): Microsoft SNA Server
Version(s): WINDOWS:2.11,3.0,4.0,4.0 SP1,4.0 SP2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork sna4 kbsna400sp1 kbsna400sp2
Last Modified: 13-JUN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft SNA Server, versions 2.11, 3.0, 4.0, 4.0 SP1, 4.0 SP2 
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SYMPTOMS
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After you set up the Windows 3.x SNA Client over Novell's IPX/SPX stack and a
3rd party product such as Netsoft's Midrange Bundle, you can not run multiple
sessions or can only run a limited number of sessions.

RESOLUTION
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To configure for multiple sessions, change your NET.CFG file as follows to
increase sessions and reduce the number of read buffers that SNA Client uses.

NOTE: The following information is base on a Windows 3.1 computer using Novell's
VLM's and Netsoft's Midrange Bundle. These changes allowed an increase in the
number of sessions that could be run at one time from 5 to 15 on the client.

In the [WNAP] section of the WIN.INI file add the following line:

"SPXReadBuffers = 2" (without the quotation marks)

In NET.CFG file, add the following:

"Protocol Stack IPX
IPX Sockets = 40
SPX Connections = 50" (without the quotation marks)


Additional query words: prodsna ipx spx

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Keywords          : kbnetwork sna4 kbsna400sp1 kbsna400sp2 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbSNAServSearch kbSNAServ300 kbSNAServ211 kbSNAServ400 kbSNAServ400SP1 kbSNAServ400SP2
Version           : WINDOWS:2.11,3.0,4.0,4.0 SP1,4.0 SP2

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