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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

[NetBindings]

The [NetBindings] section contains entries for disabling, enabling, and demoting binding rules for network components such as services, protocols, and adapters.

You can list each entry more than once in this section, but you must list the network components that comprise the binding order/path in the following order:

network_service, network_protocol, network_adapter

The binding order/path must always start with a client/service (if one exists) and end with an adapter. Setup ignores incorrectly-specified binding orders/paths. If you list more than one item, separate the values with commas and enclose the entire string of values in quotation marks.

Define network services in the [NetServices] section, network protocols in the [NetProtocols] section, and network adapters in the [NetAdapters] section.

Answer File Entries for the [NetBindings] Section

Entry Description

Demote

Demotes the specified binding order/path to the bottom of the list of binding paths that start with the first specified network component.

Disable

Disables bindings between network components in the specified path.

Enable

Enables bindings between components in the specified path.

Demote

Demotes the specified binding order/path to the bottom of the list of binding paths that start with the first specified network component.

Syntax
Demote = network_service[...]network_protocol[...]network_adapter[...]
Value Description

network_service

Network service.

network_protocol

Network protocol.

network_adapter

Network adapter.

Example
[NetBindings]
Demote = "MS_Server MS_TCPIP Adapter1"
Comments

None.

Disable

Disables bindings between network components in the specified path.

Syntax
Disable = network_service[...]network_protocol[...]network_adapter[...]
Value Description

network_service

Network service.

network_protocol

Network protocol.

network_adapter

Network adapter.

Example
[NetBindings]
Disable = "MS_Server MS_TCPIP Adapter2"
Comments

None.

Enable

Enables bindings between components in the specified path.

Syntax
Enable = network_service[...]network_protocol[...]network_adapter[...]
Value Description

network_service

Network service.

network_protocol

Network protocol.

network_adapter

Network adapter.

Example
[NetBindings]
Enable = "MS_Server MS_PPTP MS_TCPIP Adapter1"
Comments

If you specify a single component as the path, you enable all bindings to it.