What is VLM.exe for? I unloaded it for freeing up more memory and my IPX network still worked just fine over two computers. Just wondering if I actually need to load this program..... I tried doing research on it and really couldn't find anything except for that VLM is a virtual loadable module and it's good for having heavy traffic in a network between more than one server..? Thanks Jeff in 7 ways...

Hi, as you said, it's a virtual loadable module, which reloads several other vlm modules and is the interface between the dos shell and the network shell. It's used for several network services like printing to the network a.s.o. It's a substitution for the older netx, you former had to use, to connect to the server. Paul

I see. What if I wanted to connect let's say.. 16 computers to a Terminal service to where each user could chat and send files to each other, would I still need to load VLM.EXE? Jeff in 7 ways...

You'll have to use VLM.exe in DOS or in Win95 / 98 to connect to a netware server. For a Microsoft Network (Terminal Server), you don't need the VLM.exe. Instead, you have to use a Client for Microsoft Networks. Paul

I think I understand more about VLM now. VLM is more for like connecting to like a netware server where as it's software is based on netware server... In which netware clients, like 16 netware clients could connect to a single netware client from a gui dos application. Or pehaps that several network clients could connect to several other netware clients through the same gui dos app, without any loss of ipx network bandwidth? I guess what I'm trying to say is that all I need is drivers and software for just a IPX connection to a network, and nothing else. VLM would be obsolete in that situation because there is no netware server to connect to... Jeff in 7 ways...

Just right !!! No Netware Server, no Netware Client. Generally you can say, the more clients and protocols are installed without the need, the more slower is your network, because every client tries to resolve your request. Normally the first client (redirector) which gets a result for your request should stop all other clients from trying to resolve your request. But in real live, it often doesn't work in this way. So if you use more clients and protocols, you really need, you wast time on any network request. Paul

I kind of get what you are saying but I'm still a little confused. I don't believe I would be using more protocols, more like different socket addresses or all computers to a single socket address, which is my concern with how the bandwidth would be, but then VLM doesn't seem to help in that area as far as that goes because it's for more like servers and sharing devices over a network...? I wouldn't be using any other clients besides the gui dos app itself with the IPX network capability through Netware because for one thing I do need a lot of convential memory to run some of these network compatible applications! Jeff in 7 ways...