Determining the Network Protocol Used By Named Pipes

This article was previously published under Q126766

This article discusses how to determine or set the network protocol used by named pipes.

Named pipes are implemented using the server message block (SMB) redirector and server. As such, they can use whatever protocols are bound into the server and the client.

Both the redirector and the server maintain independent lists of transports that they are active on. The redirector contacts the remote server. The redirector will use the highest priority transport that both the client and the server support.

The priority for the transports is set using the Network control panel applet. Go into the Bindings button, select Workstation, and use the up and down buttons to rearrange the order that the redirector will use while trying to connect to the remote server.