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- DOCUMENT:Q97559 24-SEP-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :How Remote Access Service Processes Datagram Traffic
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - March Release of Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- This article discusses how Remote Access Service (RAS) uses datagrams
- under Windows NT. The article is divided into the following subjects:
-
- - Remote RAS Workstation Posts NCB_Add_Group_Name
- - LAN System Sends a Burst of Multicast Datagrams to a Group Name
- - RAS Client Sends a Datagram
- - Remote RAS Workstation Posts NCB_Add_Name
- - LAN System Sends a Datagram to a Unique RAS Client Name
-
-
- Remote RAS Workstation Posts NCB_Add_Group_Name
- -----------------------------------------------
-
- Windows NT adds a group name for the domain or the workgroup.
- Microsoft LAN Manager, by default, adds a group name for the domain
- name and other domain names (from the LANMAN.INI file). Applications
- using NetBIOS can add group names as well. The RAS workstation follows
- these steps:
-
- 1. The RAS server checks to see if the group name registered locally
- already.
-
- - If the name is already registered (because another workstation
- has posted NCB_Add_Group_Name), the RAS server flags the name as
- registered and does not post NCB_Receive_Datagram.
-
- - Otherwise, the group name is not registered and the following
- steps are performed.
-
- 2. The RAS server posts NCB_Add_Group_Name on all available transports
- (NBF, TCP/IP, etc.).
-
- - MaxNames for RAS: There must be enough names to accommodate
- all the remote clients add request. The default is 255 (the
- maximum) which should leave plenty of room.
-
- - MaxNames for transport: Each transport has a MaxNames entry
- that may need tuning. It should be set high enough to handle
- all of the local server names plus all of the remote client
- NetBIOS names. The NBF transport can be configured in Control
- Panel using the "Maximize Throughput and Connections" setting.
- This allows names and sessions to be tuned high without any
- realistic limit. See the Windows NT documentation for
- information on default names in the section covering
- RemoteListen.
-
- - If NCB_Add_Group_Name fails on any transport because another
- system responds with an AddNameResponse frame (meaning that
- another system has the group name registered as a unique
- name), then the group is not added on the server or the
- client workstation.
-
- 3. The RAS server posts RcvDgSubmittedperGroupName number of
- NCB_Receive_Datagrams for the group name.
-
- - This has nothing to do with how many NCB_Receive_Datagrams
- are posted by the remote client. This is handled by the server
- only. When a client posts NCB_Add_Group_Name or NCB_Add_Name,
- the RAS server automatically posts NCB_Receive_Datagram for each
- name, regardless of what the client posts (even if the client
- does not post anything).
-
- - RcvDgSubmittedperGroupName controls how many NCB_Receive_Datagrams
- are posted by the server for each group name. This is a resource-
- intensive parameter. Each one takes 1.5K of physical RAM. As soon
- as one is completed the server automatically posts a new one.
-
-
- LAN System Sends a Burst of Multicast Datagrams to a Group Name
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
-
- The RAS server receives a datagram, and handles it as follows:
-
- 1. Check EnableBroadcast. Default is 0, disabled. (This datagram is
- not broadcast in example.)
-
- 0 Yes. Drop broadcast (not multicast) datagram and do not forward
- to remote clients.
-
- 1 No. Continue.
-
- 2. Check MulticastForwardRate. Default is 5.
-
- -1 Drop datagram. Do not forward any broadcast or multicast. This
- setting is useful to filter out LAN Manager server announcements
- that use multicast datagrams for domain group names. If you
- have a large LAN Manager network with many servers, this can use
- up asynchronous bandwidth.
-
- 0 Guarantees delivery of datagram to client.
-
- >0 (1 to 32767) Works as a gate. After the designated number of
- seconds, the gate opens and all datagrams arriving at the server
- are forwarded to remote clients. When the gate is closed, all
- datagrams are dropped.
-
- NOTE: This parameter is useful for reducing LAN Manager server
- announcement traffic. On a large network, all the server
- announcements can look like a steady stream of data flowing over
- the asynchronous line.
-
- 3. Check DisableMcastFwdWhenSessionTraffic. Default is 1, enabled.
-
- 1 When a client is busy transferring data during a session (a file
- copy, for example), multicast datagrams are dropped.
-
- -1 Broadcast datagrams are dropped even if EnableBroadcast is set
- to 1.
-
- 0 Datagrams are always forwarded. This may slow session traffic.
-
- If all conditions above are correct, the RAS Server is ready to
- forward the datagram to remote RAS clients, as follows:
-
- 1. Check MaxDgBufferedPerGroupName. Default is 10.
-
- Because of the difference between the LAN speed and the asynchronous
- line speed, datagram traffic must be buffered. The maximum number of
- datagrams that the RAS server can buffer per group name is controlled
- by MaxDgBufferedPerGroupName. In the default (10) is used, every 11th
- datagram is dropped. The maximum is 255. This is a virtual memory
- parameter, so it is a relatively minor drain on system resources.
-
- 2. The RAS server checks to see which clients have the group name
- registered. It then multiplexes the datagram to each of these
- remote clients. RAS clients that have NCB_Receive_Datagram posted
- for that group name receive the datagram.
-
- NOTE: For non-session traffic, set RAS AUTODISCONNECT to 0. Datagram
- traffic is not counted in the auto-disconnect time-out. Only session
- traffic is counted. 0 disables auto-disconnecting RAS clients. Also,
- because of the slow link, workstations probably do not need to post
- that many NCB_Receive_Datagrams. You should be able to get by with 2
- or 3.
-
-
- RAS Client Sends a Datagram
- ---------------------------
-
- Check NetbiosGatewayEnabled. Default is 1, enabled.
-
- 1 All datagrams sent by remote clients are forwarded onto
- all transports. The default is all valid networks.
-
- 0 Datagrams can only be received by the RAS server if it has
- an NCB_Receive_Datagram posted for the given name.
-
-
- Remote RAS Workstation Posts NCB_Add_Name
- -----------------------------------------
-
- By default, MS LAN Manager and Windows NT post NCB_Add_Name for the
- computer name and user identification of the person logging on.
-
- 1. The RAS server posts NCB_Add_Group_Name on all available
- transports (NBF, TCP/IP, etc.).
-
- - MaxNames for RAS: There must be enough names to accommodate
- all the remote clients add request. The default is 255 (the
- maximum) which should leave plenty of room.
-
- - MaxNames for transport: Each transport has a MaxNames entry
- that may need tuning. It should be set high enough to handle
- all of the local server names plus all of the remote client
- NetBIOS names. The NBF transport can be configured in Control
- Panel using the "Maximize Throughput and Connections" setting.
- This allows names and sessions to be tuned high without any
- realistic limit. See the Windows NT documentation for
- information on default names in the section covering
- RemoteListen.
-
- - If NCB_Add_Group_Name fails on any transport because another
- system responds with an AddNameResponse frame (meaning that
- another system has the group name registered as a unique
- name), then the group is not added on the server or the
- client workstation.
-
- 2. The RAS server posts RcvDgSubmittedperGroupName number of
- NCB_Receive_Datagrams for that unique name. This has nothing to do
- with how many NCB_Receive_Datagrams are posted by the remote
- client. This is handled by the server only. When a client posts
- NCB_Add_Group_Name or NCB_Add_Name. the RAS server automatically
- posts NCB_Receive_Datagram for each name regardless of what the
- client posts (even if the client does not post anything).
-
-
- LAN System Sends a Datagram to a Unique RAS Client Name
- -------------------------------------------------------
-
- 1. The RAS Server receives the datagram, and places it in a buffer.
- (There is no parameter to control this buffer: all datagrams are
- buffered.)
-
- 2. A new NCB_Receive_Datagram is posted on the server.
-
- 3. The RAS Server forwards the datagram from the buffer to the remote
- client with the unique name posted.
-
- NOTE: Unique name datagrams take priority over group name datagrams.
- They are forwarded to the client before pending group datagrams.
- NET LOGON uses unique name, directed datagrams that are given
- priority over group datagrams.
-
-
- Reference(s):
-
- See Remote Access Service documentation for the RemoteListen
- parameter. This gives related information on session based traffic.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 advanced server serial comm
- modem
- KBCategory:
- KBSubCategory: NETSRV NTRMT
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