NET.CFG Options Reference

NetWare DOS Requester Option

MINIMUM TIME TO NET=number

Overrides the time-to-net value defined by the local router during connection.

This parameter is used for bridged WAN/Satellite links with time-to-net values set too low for workstations to make a connection under either of the following conditions:

•The server on the other side of the link is a NetWare 3™ or earlier server not running the Packet Burst™ protocol

•The transfer rate for the link is 2400 baud or less

Syntax

minimum time to net=number

 

Replace number with the number of milliseconds

 

(1000=one second) needed for maintaining a

 

connection over bridges and routers.

 

 

Default

0

 

 

Range

1 to 65535

 

 

Modules

IPXNCP.VLM

 

 

Example

To increase the time-to-net value for a 2400-baud link to 10

 

seconds, you would place the following lines in your

 

NET.CFG file:

 

netware dos requester

 

minimum time to net=10000

 

 

NAME CONTEXT=“name_context”

Allows you to set your current position, or context, in the Directory tree structure.

This parameter and value apply only to client workstations connecting to a NetWare 4 network.

The default is the root, which might cause confusion if duplicate usernames exist.

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