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NET.CFG Options Reference
Protocol SPX Option
NOTE: There are approximately 18.21 ticks per second on IBM PCs and compatibles.
SPX CONNECTIONS number
Specifies the maximum number of SPX connections a client workstation can
use at one time.
The NPRINTER and RCONSOLE utilities use this setting. Increase the
value of this setting if you are running multiple occurrences of these or other
applications that use SPX.
SPX LISTEN TIMEOUT number
Specifies how long (in ticks) the SPX protocol waits without receiving a
packet from the other side of the connection before it requests the other side
to send a packet to ascertain whether the connection is still valid.
Syntax spx abort timeout number
Replace number with a number of ticks.
Default 540 (about 30 seconds)
Example To set the amount of time (in ticks) that SPX waits before it
terminates the session to 20 seconds, you would place the
following lines in your NET.CFG file:
protocol spx
spx abort timeout 300
Syntax
spx connections number
Default 15
Example To set the number of concurrent SPX connections to 10,
you would place the following lines in your NET.CFG file:
protocol spx
spx connections 10