Doc Err: Editing LANMAN.INI After Installing TCP/IP Extensions

ID: Q129195

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft LAN Manager, version 2.2

SUMMARY

Page 382 of "Microsoft LAN Manager Installation and Configuration Guide" states the following in the Editing .INI Files section (Appendix C - Microsoft TCP/IP Protocol):

For example, after installing Microsoft TCP/IP Extensions for LAN Manager, the [networks] section of LANMAN.INI may include the line
   net1=tcpnb$, 0, lm10, 39, 75, 9 
(reducing the default for sess, ncb, and names by 1). If you later try to increase the value of names in PROTOCOL.INI to 12, you will still only have 19 names available, because that is the limit set in LANMAN.INI.

The paragraph above should state:

For example, after installing Microsoft TCP/IP Extensions for LAN Manager, the [networks] section of LANMAN.INI may include the line
   net1=tcpnb$, 0, lm10, 39, 75, 9 
(reducing the default for sess by 1, the default for ncb by 10, and the default for name by 9). If you later try to increase the value of numnames in PROTOCOL.INI to 19, you will still only have 9 names available because that is the limit set in LANMAN.INI.

The original paragraph on page 382 suggests you need to set the values for sess, ncb, and names in LANMAN.INI lower than the corresponding values for nbsessions, numncbs, and numnames in the PROTOCOL.INI file to reserve the needed resources for Microsoft TCP/IP Extensions for LAN Manager. The default value for nbsessions is 40; the default value for numncbs is 85 (not 80 as stated on page 195 of this Guide); and the default value for numnames is 18. The net1= entry above instructs LAN Manager to make 39 nbsessions, 75 numncbs, and 9 numnames available for the TCP/IP stack while setting aside one nbsession, 10 numncbs, and 9 numnames for other applications such as the TCP/IP Extensions.

For additional information on reserving system resources for use by NetBIOS applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q96685 TCP Extensions for LAN Manager Require TCP/IP

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