Article ID: 195178 - Last Review: October 31, 2006 - Revision: 1.1 INFO: Setting the IPX Internal Network Number During Unattended SetupThis article was previously published under Q195178
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SUMMARY
When you perform an unattended installation of Windows NT 4.0 and install
the NWLink IPX/SPX Compatible Transport (IPX), you have no means of
specifying the internal network number in the Unattend.txt file. This
article will provide a detailed explanation of how you can set the internal
network number during an unattended installation.
MORE INFORMATION
To set the internal network number during an unattended installation,
follow these steps:
- Copy all the Windows NT system files needed, usually the i386 directory
and all its subdirectories from the compact disc to the distribution
server, which is a network share devoted to network client setup. The
directory name of this network share is usually also i386.
- Create the Unattend.txt file with any parameters that you feel are
necessary including NWLNKIPX. In your Unattend.txt file, make sure
Oempreinstall is set to Yes.
For additional information, please see the following articles in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
155197
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/155197/EN-US/
)
Unattended Setup Parameters for Unattend.txt File
159837
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/159837/EN-US/
)
Setting the Frame Type for IPX During Unattended Setup
- Create a directory named $oem$ under the i386 directory (the directory
of the network share on the distribution server).
- In the $oem$ directory, create a text file named Cmdlines.txt that
contains the following two lines:
[Commands]
".\regedit /s ipx.reg" - Also in the $oem$ directory, create a text file named ipx.reg that
contains the following four lines:
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NwlnkIpx
\Parameters]
"VirtualNetworkNumber"=dword:000000
NOTE: The second line is blank, but it must be present; line 3 above
wraps to the next line for readability, but it should be all on one
line in the ipx.reg file, with no spaces between \NwlnkIpx and
\Parameters (that is, ...\NwlnkIpx\Parameters). Also please note, the
value "00000007" is the internal network number. Please change this
to your desired value.
- Place a copy of the Regedit.exe file (from the i386 directory) in the
$oem$ directory. At this point, there should be three files in the
$oem$ directory: Cmdlines.txt, ipx.reg, and Regedit.exe.
- Run unattended setup.
NOTE: Each computer on the network requires a unique internal network
number. The value noted in step 5 above should be changed to a unique value
prior to each installation.
REFERENCES
For additional information regarding the internal network number, please
see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
150546
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/150546/EN-US/
)
NWLink IPX/SPX: Network Number vs. Internal Network Number
APPLIES TO- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
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