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To support NetBIOS 3.0, edit your LANMAN.INI file accordingly.
Find the netn line that corresponds to the network you want NetBIOS
3.0 support for, and add these parameters to that line. For more
information about the LANMAN.INI and PROTOCOL.INI files, see
Appendix B, “The LANMAN.INI File,”
and Chapter 9,
“
Network
Device Driver Options.”
Note The values that the protocol driver uses are not listed in
PROTOCOL.INI. However, they default to the values specified above.
If you have a need for a larger number, edit PROTOCOL.INI
accordingly.
For example, consider the following entry in LANMAN.INI:
This entry tells NetBEUI to reserve 30 NCBs, 15 sessions, and 6 names
for LAN Manager. This will leave 55 NCBs, 25 sessions, and 11 names
for NetBIOS 3.0 applications.
There is a checkbox for NetBIOS in the Workstation Settings dialog
box of the LAN Manager Setup program for computers running OS/2.
If you use the checkbox, these entries will be added automatically.
Network Device Driver Configuration Files
When you install LAN Manager, the installation program adds the
appropriate entries to the following files:
• CONFIG.SYS—the operating-system configuration file
• AUTOEXEC.BAT (for MS-DOS) or STARTUP.CMD (for
OS/2)—the operating-system file for startup procedures
• PROTOCOL.INI—the Protocol Manager configuration file
• LANMAN.INI—the LAN Manager configuration file
These files control the configuration and loading of the network device
drivers LAN Manager uses. You can edit these files using a text editor.
For instance, you can move a network device driver to a directory
different from the one it was installed on, or you can change an option
for a network adapter because it conflicts with another device in your
computer. If you change any entries in these files, you must reboot your
computer for the changes to take effect.
The following sections describe the LAN Manager configuration files
as they relate to network device drivers.