Automatic Host Location

For the Automatic Host Location property page:
  1. Click Enable SLP.
  2. Click Enable Security.
    Note:
    If the Enable Security checkbox is greyed out, then SSL support is not installed. Check Personal Communications Installation information to see if an error occurred during product installation.
  3. Fill in Scope and LU or Pool Name information, according to instructions from your network administrator.
  4. For server authentication only, no additional setup is required. For client authentication, go to the Security Setup property page. Check the Send Personal Certificate to Server if Requested check box and select the desired radio button to select or be prompted for the personal certificate. Click OK.
  5. Fill out the remainder of the parameters in the standard way.
  6. Click OK.
  7. Click OK.

    The connection will start after a few moments.

Note:
The default TCP/IP parameter for packet multicast has changed for Windows® 8, Windows® 8.1, Windows® 10, and Windows® Server 2008, to disable this function.
To enable SLP support for Windows® Server 2008, the following Value Name needs to be defined or updated in the system registry:
Key
Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\, CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
Value Type
REG_DWORD-Boolean
Valid Range
Set the value to 0.
To enable SLP support for Windows® 8, Windows® 8.1, and Windows® 10, the following Value Name needs to be defined or updated in the system registry:
Key
Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\, CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\VxD\MSTCP
Value Type
REG_DWORD-Boolean
Valid Range
Set the value to 0.