NET.CFG Options Reference

Protocol SPX Option

Protocol SPX Option

Use this option of the NET.CFG file to change the default value of parameters for the SPX protocol.

Available Parameters and Values for the Protocol SPX Option

This option has the following parameters and values, which are discussed on the following pages:

Parameters and Values

MINIMUM SPX RETRIES number

SPX ABORT TIMEOUT number

SPX CONNECTIONS number

SPX LISTEN TIMEOUT number

SPX VERIFY TIMEOUT number

PROTOCOL SPX

Specifies the protocol option you are making configurations for. Use it to override the SPX retry value set by an application if SPX sessions are being destroyed because of a lack of acknowledgment between session hosts.

Syntax

protocol spx

 

parameter_name value

 

Replace parameter_name with the name of the

 

parameter you want to use.

 

Replace value with the value setting which

 

corresponds with the parameter name.

 

 

Example

To set the number of retries to 30, you could place the

 

following lines in your NET.CFG file:

 

protocol spx

 

minimum spx retries 30

 

 

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