Client Configuration

There is normally no need to configure clients. In this type of network, the Name Service is unavailable. For performance reasons, it is possible to set the client's registry so that it does not attempt to locate any Name Service provider.

NOTE

This setting is not absolutely necessary, but it does significantly speed up the first connection phase to a given server.

It is also possible to restrict the protocols used by RPC when accessing remote resources. This can be accomplished by creating the following registry values in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/TigerLogic/D3/CurrentVersion/Rpc/Client/ directory in registry:

DefaultProtocols

Specifies the network protocols used by clients when the Name Service is not available (comma delimited string). The default value is (blank). If not specified, all installed protocols are used.

UseProtocols

List of the only protocols that can be used when the Name Service is available (comma delimited string). Speeds up connections, since the client usually has a smaller subset of protocols that the server has. The default value is (blank).

The following are examples of protocols supported by RPC.

This list is not exhaustive:

ncalrpc

Local RPC (Windows only)

ncacn_nb_nb

NetBIOS over NetBEUI

ncacn_np

Named Pipes

ncacn_ip_tcp

TCP/IP

ncacn_nb_tcp

NetBIOS over TCP

ncacn_n_ipx

NetBIOS over IPX

ncacn_spx

SPX

See Also

Client Server Architecture

Service Setup

Server Configuration

Error Logging

Server Command Line Options

Multiple Virtual Machines on D3 Windows