Configuring for Additional Sessions under IPX/SPX
Article ID: 134384
Article Last Modified on 9/10/2004
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SNA Server 3.0
- Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 Service Pack 4
- Microsoft SNA Server 4.0
- Microsoft SNA Server 4.0 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft SNA Server 4.0 Service Pack 2
This article was previously published under Q134384
SYMPTOMS
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
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
In NET.CFG file, add the following:
Protocol Stack IPX
IPX Sockets = 40
SPX Connections = 50
Additional query words: prodsna ipx spx
Keywords: kbnetwork kbsnaonly KB134384