Increasing The Minimum Number Of Packet Receive Buffers - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Increasing the Minimum Number of Packet Receive Buffers

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Server Communications Administration Guide
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Scroll down the Communications Parameters list.
3
Select Maximum Packet Receive Buffers.
4
Increase the value of this parameter and press Enter.
A good guideline is to set this value to twice the size of the Minimum
Packet Receive Buffer value. The changed value is now persistent.
For additional suggestions, see the discussion of the Maximum Packet
Receive Buffer parameter in SET Communication Parameters.
Use the following procedure to increase the minimum number of packet
receive buffers if the allocated number is higher than 10 and the server doesn't
respond immediately after starting.
1
From MONITOR's Available Options, select Server Parameters >
Communications.
A list of Communications Parameters is displayed in the upper window.
The scroll thumb on the right of the window indicates that you can use the
arrow keys to scroll the list.
NOTE:
You can also use the SET command to change parameter values at the
server console prompt. See Reference > Utilities Reference > Utilities > SET.
2
Scroll down the Communications Parameters list.
3
Choose Minimum Packet Receive Buffers.
4
Increase the value of this parameter.
A good guideline is to allocate at least two packet receive buffers for each
workstation connection. The changed value is now persistent.
For additional suggestions, see the discussion of the Minimum Packet
Receive Buffer parameter in SET Communication Parameters.
NOTE:
The Minimum Packet Receive Buffers value should be smaller than the
Maximum Packet Receive Buffers value. If it is greater than the maximum value,
the system changes the maximum value to match the minimum value.