How To Configure Spx Connection Parameters; Setting Delay And Throughput For A Slow Link - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

How to Configure SPX Connection Parameters

Setting Delay and Throughput for a Slow Link

The default values for these parameters are sufficient for most NetWare
applications. Any application that requires a change to one or more of these
parameters typically tells you so.
To adjust the value of any SPX connection parameter, complete the following
steps:
1
Load NIASCFG, then select the following parameter path:
Select Configure NIAS > Protocols and Routing > Protocols > IPX >
IPX/SPX Parameters
The IPX/SPX
TM
parameters.
2
Enter a new value for each parameter you need to change.
3
Press Esc and save your changes.
4
Press Esc to return to the Internetworking Configuration menu.
5
If you want this change to take effect immediately, select Reinitialize
System .
If you want to configure other parameters, do so now, then reinitialize the
system when you are finished.
Delay is the time, in microseconds, to send a byte of information from one
system to another. Throughput is the bandwidth of the network medium that
connects the systems. Together, these parameters characterize a link between
two systems or networks.
On WAN links, delay and throughput are estimated by the IPXWAN protocol.
For this reason, you should not need to change these parameters on routers
operating over a WAN link. On LAN links, the throughput is reported by the
network interface driver; the delay is 200 microseconds, a constant used by all
LAN media.
NLSP uses the delay and throughput values to calculate the number of ticks
for a route to a destination network. The number of ticks associated with a
route is directly proportional to the delay and inversely proportional to the
throughput.
Parameters menu displays the SPX connection
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