NET.CFG Options Reference

 

Protocol IPX Option

 

 

 

Example

To reduce the maximum packet size for an Ethernet ODI

 

 

LAN driver from the default, you could place the

 

 

following lines in your NET.CFG file:

 

 

protocol ipx

 

 

ipx packet size limit 1200

 

 

 

 

IPX RETRY COUNT number

Sets the number of times the client workstation resends a packet. On networks that lose many packets, this retry count might need to be increased.

The IPX protocol does not actually resend a packet. It uses this count to recommend the number of retries to the NetWare DOS Requester software and the SPX protocol.

Increasing this number causes a longer delay for some network functions, such as establishing a NetBIOS session or registering a NetBIOS name.

Syntax

ipx retry count number

 

Replace number with the number of times the

 

client workstation resends a packet.

 

 

Default

20

 

 

Example

To set the number of times the client workstation resends a

 

packet to 30, you would place the following lines in your

 

NET.CFG file:

 

protocol ipx

 

ipx retry count 30

 

 

IPX SOCKETS number

Specifies the maximum number of sockets that IPX can have open at the client workstation.

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