Microsoft DLC Configuration

You can update the following Advanced Protocol Settings on this dialog:

Use DIX

Swap

SAPs

Stations

Xsaps0

Xsaps1

Xstations0

Xstations1

Click the Reset button to reset a value to its default.

Click the Reset All button to reset all values to their defaults.


Use DIX Parameter
Use DIX

Enabled, this parameter sets the frame format to Ethernet DIX 2.0 (Ethertype 0x80D5) format. Disabled, this parameter sets the frame format to 802.3 Ethernet format.

By default, this parameter is disabled.


Swap Parameter
Swap

Enabled, this parameter turns on address bit-swapping (when Microsoft DLC is bound to an Ethernet driver).

By default, this parameter is enabled.


SAPs Parameter
SAPs

Indicates the number of SAPs that can be opened simultaneously. The range for SAPs is 1 to 255, inclusive.

You should provide just enough SAPs and stations needed to run an application. To see some examples of the number of SAPs and stations needed by applications, refer to the Microsoft Data Link Control Protocol for Windows for Workgroups Installation and Configuration Guide.

The default value of SAPs is 3.


Stations Parameter
Stations

Indicates the number of link stations that can be opened simultaneously on each SAP. The range for this parameter is 1 to 255, inclusive.

You should provide just enough SAPs and stations needed to run an application. To see some examples of the number of SAPs and stations needed by applications, refer to the Microsoft Data Link Control Protocol for Windows for Workgroups Installation and Configuration Guide.

The default value of stations is 20.


Xsaps0 Parameter
Xsaps0

If you need to run more than one DLC application, update this value. The range for this value is 0 to 127, inclusive.

When you specify a value for this parameter, it is compared to the maximum value of SAPs (specified by the application program) during the dir.open.adapter call for adapter #0, and the larger of the two is used. If the sum of this value plus the value of xsaps1 exceeds the value specified for the SAPs parameter, the SAPs parameter will automatically be increased to this sum.

The default value of xsaps0 is 0.


Xsaps1 Parameter
Xsaps1

If you need to run more than one DLC application, update this value. The range for this value is 0 to 127, inclusive.

When you specify a value for this parameter, it is compared to the maximum value of SAPs (specified by the application program) during the dir.open.adapter call for adapter #1, and the larger of the two is used. If the sum of this value plus the value of xsaps0 exceeds the value specified for the SAPs parameter, the SAPs parameter will automatically be increased to this sum.

The default value of xsaps1 is 0.


Xstations0 Parameter
Xstations0

If you need to run more than one DLC application, update this value. The range for this value is 0 to 127, inclusive.

When you specify a value for this parameter, it is compared to the maximum value of link stations (specified by the application program) during the dir.open.adapter call for adapter #0, and the larger of the two is used. If the sum of this value plus the value of xstations1 exceeds the value specified for the stations parameter, the stations parameter will automatically be increased to this sum.

The default value of xstations0 is 0.


Xstations1 Parameter
Xstations1

If you need to run more than one DLC application, update this value. The range for this value is 0 to 127, inclusive.

When you specify a value for this parameter, it is compared to the maximum value of link stations (specified by the application program) during the dir.open.adapter call for adapter #1, and the larger of the two is used. If the sum of this value plus the value of xstations0 exceeds the value specified for the stations parameter, the stations parameter will automatically be increased to this sum.

The default value of xstations1 is 0.