Windows 2000 Administration in a Nutshell

Name

NWLink

Synopsis

Configuring the NWLink protocol.

Procedures

For information on how to install NWLink and other networking protocols, see network protocol earlier in this chapter. For a general overview of NWLink concepts and functionality, see NWLink.

Configuring NWLink

First you need to access the NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol property sheet for your computer:

Start → Settings → Network and Dial-up Connections → select a local-area connection → Properties → select NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol → Properties

Now use the property sheet to make various changes to your NWLink configuration.

Assigning an Internal Network Number

You can generally leave the internal network number set to its default value of 00000000 unless:

• You have installed the optional File and Print Services for NetWare product and either have multiple frame types configured for a single network adapter or have NWLink bound to multiple network adapters in your machine.

• You have an application such as Microsoft SQL Server that is configured to use NetWare’s Service Advertising Protocol (SAP) with NWLink.

Configuring the Frame Type and Network Number

If Auto frame type detection is selected, Windows 2000 listens and sets the frame type and network number to the one used on the local network segment. This is the default choice and it usually works well enough. If you manually specify a frame type, then you must also specify the network number for the network segment on which ...