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Maximum TCP Bindings
in widows 95, 98, 98 SE, and Me
Last updated: 2/25/02
Q. By default, how many TCP bindings (instances)
can one have in a Windows 9X network configuration and how can it be changed?
A. A TCP binding is an association of the
TCP/IP protocol with a network adapter. That is, the number of instances
of TCP/IP in Start, Settings, Control Panel, Network, Configuration. The
stock answer used to be four (4), but I have seen various answers to the
question on the Internet and differences in various documents in Microsoft's
Knowledge Base.
In any event the the
number of permissible instances of TCP/IP can be altered by changing the
MaxInstance entry under the MSTCP protocol in the Nettrans.inf file in the
Windows\Inf folder with a text editor such as notepad. Note that the
maximum number for this entry is 8 in Windows 95/98/98SE and 10 in Windows
Millennium.
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