Installation guide

320 Installation Guide for Clients
maxthreads
Sets the maximum number of execution threads that can use the
network by means of the Workstation service. Increase this number if
you simultaneously run multiple applications that use LAN Manager.
The range is 10–254 threads; the default is 10 threads.
maxwrkcache (OS/2 only)
Sets the maximum number of kilobytes for the workstation’s large-
transfer buffers. Increase this number for better performance on file-
intensive tasks like copying large files. The range is 0–640 kilobytes;
the default is 64 kilobytes.
numalerts (OS/2 only)
Sets the number of program tasks that can be waiting on an alert
condition. Increase this value only if you use a server-based
application that requires the increase. The range is 3–200 program
tasks; the default is 12 program tasks.
numbigbuf (MS-DOS only)
Sets the number of big buffers that the workstation uses to receive
large files or large amounts of data from servers. Buffer size is set
with the sizbigbuf entry in this section. The range is 0–255 buffers;
the default is 0.
While bigbufs are not used for reads and writes on HPFS386
volumes, they are used in the following situations:
• Print job spooling
• IPC
• FAT volume reads/writes
• Remote APIs
numcharbuf
Sets the number of pipe and device buffers. Increase this number if
you use several shared communication devices or pipes or transmit
large amounts of data across the network to such devices. The range
is 0–15 buffers; the default is 2 buffers for MS-DOS, or 10 buffers for
OS/2.
numdgrambuf
Sets the number of buffers that process incoming datagrams.
(Datagrams are units of information that servers use to broadcast their
presence. Datagrams are also used for domainwide broadcasts.) If
you view domains that contain many servers, you might want more
datagram buffers to handle incoming announcements. The value of
numdgrambuf is the number of buffers per network listed in the
wrknets entry in this section. For MS-DOS, the range is 3–112
buffers; the default is 3 buffers. For OS/2, the range is 8–112 buffers;
the default is 14 buffers.