Parameter |
Default Value |
Valid Values |
Brief Description |
Net.cfg Section |
Alert Beep |
on |
on, off |
Sounds an alert each time the client displays a character mode status message. |
NIOS |
ARP_AGING_TIMEOUT |
300 |
1 to 7200 seconds |
Specifies the time an entry is kept in the ARP cache. |
Protocol TCPIP |
ARP_CACHE_MAX |
64 |
8 to 256 |
Specifies the maximum number of ARP cache entries. |
Protocol TCPIP |
ARP_TIMEOUT |
5 |
1 to 120 seconds |
Specifies the time TCP/IP waits for an ARP request. |
Protocol TCPIP |
Auto Reconnect Level |
2 |
0 to 4 |
Specifies the services the client performs when restoring a computer's connection to the network. |
NetWare® DOS RequesterTM |
Autoretries |
0 |
0 to 10 |
Specifies the number of times NetWare®/IPTM retries a DSS request without receiving a response. |
NWIP |
Autoretry Secs |
10 |
5 to 60 seconds |
Specifies the time between retries of DSS requests. |
NWIP |
Bind |
none |
driver name |
Binds an ODITM LAN driver to the TCP/IP stack. Use this parameter for compatibility with LAN Workplace. Use Net Bind if you do not need LAN Workplace support. |
Protocol TCPIP |
Cache Writes |
on |
on, off |
Saves files to memory before saving them to the network. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Checksum |
1 |
0 to 3 |
Validates NCPTM packets to provide data integrity. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Close Behind Ticks |
0 |
0 to 65535 ticks |
Specifies the time the client waits after a file is closed before moving the file to a network drive. Increase the value to improve the speed of the client. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Control Community |
public |
string |
Specifies the name of the SNMP control community that can access the computer when the Enable Control Community parameter is set to specified. |
Desktop SNMP |
Delay Writes |
off |
on, off |
Specifies whether writes can be delayed after closing a program. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Disk Buffers |
1 |
1 to 30 KB |
Determines the size for the TSA disk buffers. |
NetWare DOS TSA |
DOS Name |
MSDOS |
string |
Sets the %OS variable to the name in quotation marks. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Drives |
C |
1 letter per drive |
Specifies the hard drives managed by the Target Service Agent for SMSTM software. |
NetWare DOS TSA |
Enable Control Community |
off |
any, specified, off |
Specifies whether any control community, a specific control community, or no control community can access the computer. |
Desktop SNMP |
Enable Monitor Community |
none |
specified, any, off |
Makes the computer a member of the read-only community, enabling it to do GET and GET NEXT operations for SNMP. |
Desktop SNMP |
Enable Trap Community |
specified |
specified, off |
Specifies the name of the trap community, if any, that can access SNMP alerts sent by the computer. |
Desktop SNMP |
End Of Job |
on |
on, off |
Sends an End-of-Job to each connected server after a process is completed. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Environment Pad |
64 |
0 to 32768 bytes |
Specifies the number of bytes to add to the DOS environment for DOS applications. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
File Cache Level |
2 |
0 to 2 |
Specifies what file data the client stores in the computer's memory. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
First Network Drive |
first available drive |
A to Z |
Specifies the first drive letter available for network drive mappings. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Force First Network Drive |
off |
on, off |
Specifies whether the SYS:LOGIN directory is mapped to the First Network Drive or the current network drive when logging out. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Handle Net Errors |
on |
on, off |
Specifies if the client handles network errors or calls interrupt 24, allowing other programs to handle network errors. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
IF_CONFIGURATION |
static |
static, BootP, DHCP, RARP |
Specifies how the client obtains the configuration for a network interface. |
Protocol TCPIP |
Ignore Below 16Meg Memory Allocate Flag |
off |
on, off |
Specifies whether nios.exe uses memory below 16 MB if requested to do so. |
NIOS |
INT64 |
on |
on, off |
Allows DOS applications to use interrupt 64h to access IPXTM services. |
Protocol IPX |
INT7a |
on |
on, off |
Allows DOS applications to use interrupt 7Ah to access IPX services. |
Protocol IPX |
IP_ADDRESS |
none |
IP address, string |
Defines the IP address for the network interface. |
Protocol TCPIP |
IP_BROADCAST |
0.0.0.0 |
IP address, string |
Defines the broadcast address of the network interface. |
Protocol TCPIP |
IP_NETMASK |
none |
IP address, string |
Defines the network mask for the network interface. |
Protocol TCPIP |
IP_REASSEMBLY_TIMEOUT |
15 |
1 to 120 |
Specifies how long the TCP/IP stack waits for all pieces of a fragmented IP packet to arrive. |
Protocol TCPIP |
IP_RIP |
no |
yes, no |
Specifies whether Routing Information Protocol (RIP) in TCP/IP is enabled. |
Protocol TCPIP |
IP_ROUTER |
none |
IP address, string |
Defines the IP address of the router for packets being sent to remote networks. |
Protocol TCPIP |
IP_RTSW_TRIGGER |
3 |
1 to TCP_RXMIT_
LIMIT+1 |
Specifies the number of retransmits before trying another router. Also enables dead router detection. |
Protocol TCPIP |
IP_TTL |
128 |
1 to 65535 hops |
Specifies the time to live (TTL) value of an IP packet. This value should be twice the longest path an IP packet might travel. |
Protocol TCPIP |
IPX Diagnostics |
on |
on, off |
Specifies whether IPX diagnostics functions are enabled. |
Protocol IPX |
IPX Retry Count |
20 |
0 to 65535 |
Specifies the number of times the computer attempts to find a route to a destination. |
Protocol IPX |
Large Internet Packets |
on |
on, off |
Specifies whether the client uses LIP. On enables the client to negotiate the maximum packet size with the NetWare server. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
LIP Start Size |
65535 |
512 to 65535 bytes |
Determines the starting value for negotiating the Large Internet Packet size. Setting this value can shorten the initial negotiation time for packet size over slow links. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Lock Delay |
1 |
1 to 65535 ticks |
Specifies how long the client waits after a share.exe failure, before trying to lock a file. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Lock Retries |
5 |
1 to 65535 |
Specifies the number of times the client attempts to lock a network file after receiving a share.exe failure. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Log File |
NIOS.LOG |
path/filename |
Specifies the path and filename of the the client log file. Load nois.exe with a /L to enable logging. The default is nois.log in the client working directory. |
NIOS |
Log File Size |
65535 |
1 to1048576 bytes |
Sets the maximum size for the log file. Load nois.exe with a /L to enable logging. |
NIOS |
Long Machine Type |
IBM_PC |
1- to 6- character string |
Sets the %MACHINE variable to the name specified in quotes. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Max Buffer Size |
4736 |
100 to 24682 |
Specifies the maximum packet size. |
Link Support |
Max Cache Size |
0 |
0 to unlimited KB |
Specifies the largest possible amount of memory that the client can use for caching. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Max Cur Dir Length |
64 |
64 to 255 characters |
Specifies the maximum length of the DOS prompt. Some applications do not function correctly if this value is set to greater than 64. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Mem Pool Size |
128 |
0 to unlimited KB |
Specifies the amount of memory the client reserves for special use.The client uses the memory pool if a program requests memory and no extended memory is available or if an NLMTM program loads from Windows*. |
NIOS |
Message Level |
1 |
0 to 4 |
Specifies how load-time messages are displayed. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Minimum Time To Net |
0 ms |
0 to 65535 ms |
Overrides the time-to-net value defined by the local router during connection. Used over slow links. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Modem |
none |
string |
Specifies information about a modem attached to the computer. |
Host MIB |
Monitor Community |
public |
string |
Specifies the name of the group an SNMP management console must belong to in order to perform inventory queries on the computer. |
Desktop SNMP |
Name Cache Level |
2 |
0 to 2 |
Specifies the type of name caching used by the client. 0 is disabled, 1 is enabled, and 2 is enabled with persistence (the best performance). |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Name Context |
Root |
string |
Sets the computer's initial context in the Directory tree. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
NCP Max Timeout |
30 |
0 to 65535 seconds |
Specifies the maximum amount of time the client waits for a network connection. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Nearest NWIP Server |
none |
string |
Specifies the nearest NetWare/IP server. |
NWIP |
Net Bind |
IPX: auto-bind,TCP/IP: none |
strings |
Specifies the logical boards IPX binds to or the network interface TCP/IP binds to. |
Protocol IPX, Protocol TCPIP |
NetBIOS Abort Timeout |
540 |
0 to unlimited ticks |
Specifies the time NetBIOS waits to receive a response before terminating a session. Increase this value for NetBIOS connections over slow lines. |
NetBIOS |
NetBIOS Broadcast Count |
2 or 4 |
2 to 65535 |
Specifies the number of queries NetBIOS broadcasts for the name an application uses. |
NetBIOS |
NetBIOS Broadcast Delay |
36 or 18 |
16 to 65535 ticks |
Specifies the time NetBIOS waits between query or claim broadcasts. Increase the value if the packet-loss rate is high. |
NetBIOS |
NetBIOS Commands |
12 |
4 to 150 |
Specifies the maximum number of NetBIOS commands the NetBIOS driver can store in the computer's memory. |
NetBIOS |
NetBIOS Internet |
off |
on, off |
Specifies whether name-claim packets are transmitted to and from computers on the internetwork or the local network. |
NetBIOS |
NetBIOS Listen Timeout |
108 |
1 to 65535 ticks |
Specifies the time NetBIOS waits without receiving a packet before it requests a keep-alive packet. |
NetBIOS |
NetBIOS Receive Buffers |
6 |
4 to 20 |
Specifies the number of IPX receive buffers NetBIOS uses. NetBIOS automatically increases the value when needed. |
NetBIOS |
NetBIOS Retry Count |
20 or 10 |
4 to 20 |
Specifies how many requests NetBIOS transmits for connection or how many failed communications it retransmits. |
NetBIOS |
NetBIOS Retry Delay |
10 |
10 to 65535 ticks |
Specifies the time NetBIOS waits between transmissions while establishing a connection or resending a data packet. |
NetBIOS |
NetBIOS Send Buffers |
6 |
4 to 20 |
Specifies the number of IPX send buffers that NetBIOS uses. |
NetBIOS |
NetBIOS Session |
32 |
4 to 250 |
Specifies the number of sessions NetBIOS can support at a time. |
NetBIOS |
NetBIOS Verify Timeout |
54 |
4 to 65535 ticks |
Specifies the time between keep-alive packets. |
NetBIOS |
Net Status Busy Timeout |
20 seconds |
1 to 600 seconds |
Specifies how long the client waits after receiving a busy signal before attempting to auto-reconnect. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Net Status Timeout |
30 seconds |
1 to 600 seconds |
Specifies how long the client waits without receiving a response before attempting to auto-reconnect. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
NetWare Protocol |
NDS BIND |
NDS, BIND (any order) |
Allows you to list the order in which the NetWare Name ServiceTM modules are accessed during authentication to the network. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Network Printers |
3 |
0 to 9 |
Sets the number of parallel ports the NetWare DOS Requester can capture. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
NP Max Comm Buffers |
6 |
4 to 40 |
Specifies the number of communication buffers that the extender can use to transmit and receive data from the Named Pipes server. |
Named Pipes |
NP Max Machine Names |
10 |
4 to 50 |
Specifies the number of Named Pipes servers that the DOSNP software maintains in a local name table. |
Named Pipes |
NP Max Open Named Pipes |
4 |
4 to 128 |
Specifies the maximum number of Named Pipes the computer can have open. |
Named Pipes |
NP Max Sessions |
10 |
4 to 150 |
Specifies the number of Named Pipes servers the extender can communicate with in default mode. |
Named Pipes |
NSQ Broadcast |
on |
on, off |
Makes the NetWare/IP client find the nearest NetWare server by broadcasting the request on the local network. |
NWIP |
NWIP Domain Name |
none |
string |
Specifies the NetWare/IP domain that is configured for an area. |
NWIP |
NWIP1_1 Compatibility |
off |
on, off |
Used if your servers are running the NetWare/IP 1.1 pre-patch. |
NWIP |
Password |
none |
string |
Specifies the computer's default password for Storage Management ServicesTM (SMSTM).If a password is listed, sbackup.nlm prompts the supervisor for a password before it backs up the computer |
NetWare DOS TSA |
Path TCP_CFG |
none |
string |
Specifies the location and name of the directory that contains required TCP/IP database files. |
Protocol TCPIP |
PB Buffers |
3 |
0 to 10 |
Specifies whether Packet BurstTM is enabled. 0 disables Packet Burst. 1 through 10 enable Packet Burst, reducing network traffic and increasing the speed of the client. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Pburst Read Window Size |
24 or 255 |
3 to 255 packets |
Specifies the maximum number of packets per Read Burst. The read window size changes dynamically depending on network conditions. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Pburst Write Window Size |
10 or 255 |
3 to 255 packets |
Specifies the maximum number of packets per Write Burst. The write window size changes dynamically depending on network conditions. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Polled Broadcast Message Buffer |
0 |
0-100 |
Specifies the number of broadcast messages saved on the client when Broadcast Message Mode is polled. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Pre-Allocate VGNMA Memory |
off |
on, off |
Specifies whether conventional memory is allocated for VGNMA operations. |
Protocol IPX |
Preferred DSS |
none |
string |
Specifies up to five domain SAP/RIP servers that you consider preferred. |
NWIP |
Preferred Server |
none |
string |
Specifies the NetWare server that the client attaches to at load time. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Preferred Tree |
none |
string |
Specifies the Directory tree that the client connects to at load time. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Primary |
automatic |
string |
Specifies the logical board that IPX uses as the primary board. |
Protocol IPX |
Print Header |
64 |
0 to 1024 bytes |
Specifies the size of the buffer that holds the information used to initialize the printer for each print job.Increase this value if you are using a complex print job, or are printing to a PostScript* printer. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Print Tail |
16 |
0 to 1024 bytes |
Sets the size of the buffer that holds the information used to reset the printer after a print job. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Printer |
none |
string |
Specifies information about a local printer. An SNMP management console can query the computer for this information. |
Host MIB |
Read Only Compatibility |
off |
on, off |
Specifies whether a file marked Read Only can be opened with a Read/Write access call. Some applications require this parameter to be On. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Resolve Name Using Primary |
on |
on, off |
Uses only the primary connection to do name resolves. If this value is turned off, the client will use all connections to attempt name resolves which takes more time. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Route |
none |
net, host, IP address |
Defines a static route to a network or a host. |
Protocol TCPIP |
Search Dirs First |
off |
on, off |
Specifies the order for file and directory listings on network drives when using the DIR command.Off displays files first, and then directories. On displays directories first, and then files. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Search Mode |
1 |
0 to 7 |
Specifies the method for finding a file if it is not in the current directory or path. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Set Station Time |
on |
on, off |
Synchronizes the client's time and date with the time and date on the NetWare server that the client attaches to first. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Short Machine Type |
IBM |
1- to 4- character string |
Specifies what overlay file is used when accessing older NetWare utilities. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Show Dots |
off |
on, off |
Specifies whether to display parent dots in list boxes directory navigation. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Shrink Path to Dots |
off |
on, off |
Allows network search drives in the DOS PATH set variable to either be truncated to a dot or to be left with the full directory path. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
Signature Level |
1 |
0 to 3 |
Determines the level of security support. Increasing this value increases security but decreases performance. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
snmpEnable-AuthenTrap |
off |
on, off |
Sends an alert if someone without proper access tries to use SNMP to access the computer. |
Desktop SNMP |
SPX Abort Timeout |
540 |
1 to 65535 ticks |
Specifies how long the SPXTM protocol should wait without receiving any response before terminating the session. |
Protocol IPX |
SPX Connections |
15 |
1 to 255 |
Specifies the number-of-connections value that is given to applications that query this information. |
Protocol IPX |
SPX Listen Timeout |
108 |
1 to 65535 ticks |
Specifies how long the SPX protocol waits without receiving a packet before requesting a packet to confirm that the connection is still valid. |
Protocol IPX |
SPX Verify Timeout |
54 |
1 to 65535 ticks |
Specifies the time SPX waits before sending a packet to keep the session active. |
Protocol IPX |
SPX Watchdogs |
on |
on, off |
Forces SPX to honor application requests for connection watchdogging. |
Protocol IPX |
Stack Size |
2048 |
512 to 4096 bytes |
Specifies the stack size for TSA. Use only if the available memory on your computer is limited or you receive a Stack Overflow message. |
NetWare DOS TSA |
SWDirectory-Search |
none |
string |
Specifies specific directories that the Host Resources MIB searches for program files. |
Host MIB |
SWDirectorySearch-Depth |
1 |
0 to unlimited |
Specifies the number of subdirectories tree Host Resources MIB searches for program files. |
Host MIB |
sysContact |
none |
string |
Specifies the name of the network supervisor for a computer. |
Desktop SNMP |
sysLocation |
none |
string |
Specifies the physical location of a computer. |
Desktop SNMP |
sysName |
none |
string |
Specifies the username for a computer. |
Desktop SNMP |
Tapedrive |
none |
string |
Specifies information about the tape drive attached to the computer. |
Host MIB |
TCP_CONNECT_RETRY |
5 |
1 to 256 |
Specifies how many times the client attempts to establish a TCP connection. |
Protocol TCPIP |
TCP_KEEPALIVE |
yes |
yes, no |
Specifies whether to issue TCP keepalive packets. |
Protocol TCPIP |
TCP_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL |
7200 |
1 to 14400 seconds |
Specifies the time between keepalive packet transmissions if TCP/IP is issuing keepalive packets. |
Protocol TCPIP |
TCP_RCV_WINDOWSZ |
16384 |
1 to 65535 bytes |
Specifies the maximum TCP receive window (a buffer). |
Protocol TCPIP |
TCP_RELEASE_WAIT_TIME |
120 |
1 to 600 |
Specifies how long to wait for release of a TCP socket to ensure the remote TCP stack received the acknowledgment of its connection termination request. |
Protocol TCPIP |
TCP_RXMIT_LIMIT |
12 |
1 to 24 |
Specifies the number of times the client retransmits a packet. |
Protocol TCPIP |
TCP_RXMIT_MAXTIME |
120000 |
TCP_RXMIT_
MIN+! to 240000 |
Specifies the maximum TCP packet retransmission interval in milliseconds. |
Protocol TCPIP |
TCP_RXMIT_MINTIME |
110 |
2 to TCP_RXMIT_
MAXTIME+1 |
Specifies the minimum TCP packet retransmission interval in milliseconds. |
Protocol TCPIP |
Trap Community |
public |
string |
Specifies the community name used for SNMP traps. |
Desktop SNMP |
Trap Target |
none |
IP address, IPX address |
Specifies the addresses that the SNMP manager sends SNMP traps to. |
Transport Provider IPX, Transport Provider UDP |
True Commit |
off |
on, off |
Specifies whether the client requires a message from the server confirming that a closed file has been written to the server's hard disk before removing file data from the computer's memory. |
NetWare DOS Requester |
TSA Server Name |
none |
string |
Specifies the name of the server running qman.nlm that the computer connects to. |
NetWare DOS TSA |
UDP_CHECKSUM |
yes |
yes, no |
Specifies whether to use UDP checksums. |
Protocol TCPIP |
Use Video BIOS |
off |
on, off |
Specifies whether the client uses BIOS or Direct Video Memory calls. The BIOS method is slower than Direct Video Memory calls. |
NIOS |
Workstation Name |
none |
string |
Identifies the computer's name for SMS. |
NetWare DOS TSA |
