Specifies the maximum routing hops from the local node to any other reachable node. A hop is the logical distance over a line between two adjacent nodes. Use as small a number as possible in the range of 1 to 31, and be sure that this value is less than or equal to the MAXIMUM VISITS parameter. If you receive an "INVALID VALUE" error, you probably have not allocated enough Non Paged Pool space. You must lower the MAXIMUM HOPS value or increase the VMS NPAGEDYN value. Refer to Chapter 5 of the Guide to Networking on for some guidelines on NPAGEDYN.