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Q238747: Windows Load Balancing Service Does Not Work on Token Ring

Article: Q238747
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): WINDOWS:2000; winnt:1.0,4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork
Last Modified: 10-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Load Balancing Service 1.0 
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server 
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SUMMARY
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Windows NT Load Balancing Service and Windows 2000 Network Load Balancing (NLB)
is not supported on token ring networks. The system requirements for Windows NT
Load Balancing Service state:

  The current version of WLBS operates on FDDI or Ethernet-based local area
  networks within the cluster. It has been tested on 10 megabits per second
  (Mbps), 100 Mbps, and gigabit Ethernet networks with a wide variety of
  network adapters.

MORE INFORMATION
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Although not explicitly stated in the product documentation, Windows NT Load
Balancing Service and Windows 2000 NLB does not run on a token ring network.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbnetwork 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT400search kbwin2000AdvServ kbwin2000AdvServSearch kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTSEntSearch kbWinNTSEnt400 kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTLBS100 kbWinNTLBSSearch kbwin2000Search kbWinAdvServSearch
Version           : WINDOWS:2000; winnt:1.0,4.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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