SlavaNap Manual

Main settings

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	Main settings. Here you can set server host name, ports...
	Sockets settings. Here you can set buffer sizes for sockets.
	Settings for users. Here you can set users limit, allow only registered users to login...
	Limits for users. Several settings that affect every user.
	Search & Browse settings. Limits for search and browse requests.
	Channels settings. Settings for server channels.
	Linking. Settings for linked servers.
	GotNap. Settings for GotNap are described on other page.
	User levels. Allowes you to set custom user levels instead of pre-defined.
	Blocked clients. Here you can block some software from accessing your server.
	MOTD. Here you can change MOTD without restarting server.

Main settings screenshot


	Server ports. To these ports all users will connect. Usually servers run on port 8888 or 3456. But some internet providers block these ports, so i suggest to use another port.
	Server host name. You need to have a permanent host name. If you don't have any host name or don't want to use your host name you can get one for free at NO-IP or DynDNS.
	IP for binding sockets. This option is for very advanced users who know how sockets work. If you don't know how to use this option DO NOT change it. Default value is "0.0.0.0".
	Server handle. When you link several SlavaNap servers in one network each server should have its own unique identifier. These indentifiers are used to forward server-server messages thru hubs. Every time your server starts server will assign itself a random handle unless you specify handle yourself. If several servers in one network will have same handler it might cause chaos (chances of this happening are very very low, but to avoid it i suggest to put here some number instead of random).
	Main remote administrator nic. Enter the client nic you use the most. This nic is protected from being nuked by other server administrators, for security.
	Server alias. If you want your actual hostname to be hidden from users, you can enter an alias here, which users will see in place of hostname.

Sockets settings

Sockets settings screenshot

Settings for users

Settings for users screenshot


	Maximum number of users. This option will set limit for your server. Do not set maximum too high because if your connection will be overloaded users will be getting slow replies and if you are linked with other servers this will cause lag on whole network. Better to have server will less users buf very fast than server with lots of users and huge lag.
	Maximum users from one IP. Some users try to connect to same server twice or more times. This option allowes you to control those users and avoid cloning.
	Login timeout. If user didn't login after this time expires after connect, user will be disconnected.
	Accept only this many users/minute. This option allows you to avoid server overload when many users want to connect at the same time. 0 = unlimited new connections each minute.
	Only registered users allowed to login. If this option is checked only users in registered users list will be able to login. (see also next option).
	Allow users to auto-register. (This option isn't visible on screenshot. It becomes visible only if previous option is checked.) This option allows users to automatically register accounts.
	Do not allow users to reconnect too fast. This sets a minimum delay between reconnect attempts that the server will allow from a user.
	Do not accept "user" level registrations from linked servers. This option is useful in networks where some servers are registered-only. It prevents the registrations for those servers from flooding the registered list of the other server(s).
	Redirect CQ_EX users if server is full. This option allows you to redirect users who use CQ_EX to linked servers if your server is full. This option works only for CQ_EX users because other software do not support redirection command.
	Email for users that are banned. You can enter an email address here for banned users to communicate with (to attempt to resolve the issue for which they were banned.)
	Redirect web browsers. If you would like to redirect web browsers from your server DNS to a web page, you can enter that URL here.
	Forced password. Enable this if you want to force all unregistered users to use a specific password. (When checked, text entry box for password will become visible.)
	Allow mod+ access to friends list. Normally, only admin and higher can access friends and server friends list. Checking this box will allow moderators to access these lists also.

Limits page screenshot


	Stats delay. Every 60 seconds (or whatever you set) server statistics are sent to all users. Suggestion: do not make this number less than 60.
	Max. items in hotlist. Limit for numbers of users in hotlist for every user.
	Max. items in ignored list. Limit for ignored list for every user.
	Max. d/l and u/l bandwidth. You can set limits on how much bandwidth the server uses in either direction.
	Do not limit server-server bandwidth. If this box is checked, only server-client bandwidth will be limited by the previous 2 settings. All communication between linked servers will be allowed.
	Memory use limit. If you use Win 95, 98, or ME (ME is NOT recommended,) you can limit how much RAM SlavaNap uses. This setting does not have any effect on Win 2K or XP.

Search & browse settings

Search & browse settings screenshot


	Def. search results. If client didn't specify max. search results, this number will be used.
	Max. search results. Limit for search results. If user requests more search results, server will return only this number of results.
	Limit for search requests. This option is used to avoid flooding with search requests.
	Max. results for remote search. This option sets limit for search requests from linked servers. Usually this option should be lower than local max search results.
	Disable browse. If this box is checked, users cannot browse each other.
	Disable direct browse. This disables the ability some clients have to browse another client directly, without going through the server. This is normally disabled if you are concerned about blocked files (direct browse bypasses blocklist) or if user privacy is a concern (direct browse requires providing the other user with the IP address of the user being browsed.)
	Disable server-based browse. This disables the ability of users to browse with the server's help. This is normally disabled by people with limited bandwidth (direct browse does not use server bandwidth, server-based browse does.)
	Max. browse results. This option limits browse results. Set it to "0" for unlimited browse.
	Max. browse results for user on linked server. This option limits browse results if requestor is on linked server. If you set this option too high too many browse results might cause lag in network.
	Limit for browse frequency. This option is used to avoid flooding with browse requests.
	Disable self-browse. If this box is checked, users cannot browse their own files through the server.

Settings for channels

Settings for channels screenshot


	Max. channels per user. This option doesn't allow users to enter too many channels at the same time.
	Max. channels on server. This option doesn't allow users to create new channels if there are too many channels.
	Max. length of message in channels. This option doesn't allow users to send very long messages. Some client software cannot handle very long strings.
	Max. length of private message. Similar to previous option.
	Allow users to create new channels. If this option is unchecked users will be able to enter only pre-defined channels.
	Disable CQ_EX colors. This options removes colors from messages sent by CQ_EX users because other clients cannot see colors and see weird meaningless sequence instead.
	Use opennap style to send opsay messages. SlavaNap and OpenNap use different ways to send operator messages in channels. If you want to use OpenNap way, check this option.
	Show "set as operator" message. Enabling this option causes people in channels to see "Server set as operator on channel " when a channel op or uncloaked mod+ enters the channel.
	Timestamp. Show a timestamp in console channel windows for all messages.
	Require lower case channel names. This setting disallows any capital letters in channel names. You must restart the server for a change to this setting to take effect.
	Prevent SHOUTING. THIS SETTING PREVENTS USERS FROM DOING THIS.
	Prevent flooding. This allows the server to automatically muzzle any user for flooding in channels.
	Max. messages and max. same message. Use these settings to adjust the server's sensitivity for flood protection..
	Warn user before muzzling. This option will attempt to warn user before muzzling, if possible.
	Channel sync mode. This option determines how channels are handled when servers link. Click the "Help" button for a detailed explanation.

Settings for linking servers

Settings for linking servers screenshot


	Groups "accept connections...". If you set option to "allow all" any server including servers that are not in your list will be able to link to your server. If you set option to "allow list" only servers that present in servers list (main window page "servers") will be able to link to you. If you set option to "allow none" noone would be able to link to your server, including servers in servers list.
	Do not forward... group. If lag is detected in server-server connection server can drop some search and browse requests/results if you enabled these options. Dropping search/browse results/requests will decrease server-server traffic until lag is gone. This options are useful if your links are unstable or connections overloaded.
	Act as network hub. If this option is checked your server will not accept users except mods+, even mods+ won't be able to share files on this server. If you have network with several servers better set one server (with fastest connection) as hub and link all other servers to hub - it will make network much faster. When this option is checked and server links to hub all banned users are synchronized between hub and linked server. When you change this option you need to restart server.
	Synchronize registered accounts. This option works ONLY if server is in hub mode. Other servers should connect to hub, not hub connect to other servers - users are synchronized only if server-server connection is incoming.

User levels settings screenshot

Blocked clients

Settings for linking servers screenshot

MOTD editor screenshot