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- From: condyloma@apple.com (Kevin Stinson)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
- Subject: Re: AppleShare workstation software
- Message-ID: <condyloma-141292113034@condyloma.apple.com>
- Date: 14 Dec 92 19:34:56 GMT
- References: <9212141748.AA25995@fraser.sfu.ca>
- Sender: news@gallant.apple.com
- Followup-To: comp.protocols.appletalk
- Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
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- In article <9212141748.AA25995@fraser.sfu.ca>, mclagan@sfu.ca wrote:
- >
- > The AppleShare workstation software can be set to open volumes
- > automatically at startup, but seems to be impatient when doing
- > NBP lookups for servers in other zones, particuarly under busy
- > conditions. Many of our users don't end up with all the volumes
- > we would like them to have.
- >
- > Is anyone aware of a hack or solution that would make the
- > AppleShare software wait a little longer for server
- > names appear?
- >
- > Thanks,
- >
- > Scott McLagan
- > mclagan@fraser.sfu.ca
-
- Change the 'GNRL' -4096 resource in the AppleShare file. There should be 2
- bytes in the resource. The first byte is the NBP retry interval (in units
- of 8 ticks (about 1/8 second)). The second byte is the NBP retry count.
-
- Kevin Stinson
- AppleShare Engineer
- Apple Computer, Inc.
-
- - All opinions expressed are my own, not Apple's.
-