# Reconfigure Net Service Name Configuration

To change configuration settings for a net service name:

1. Select Local Net Service Name configuration in the Welcome page, and then choose Next.

   The Net Service Name Configuration page appears.

2. Select Reconfigure, and then choose Next.

   The Net Service Name Configuration, Select Net Service Name page appears.

3. Select the net service name from the list whose configuration you want to modify, and then choose Next.

   The Net Service Name Configuration, Database Version page appears.

4. If the destination service is Oracle8i, choose Oracle8i database or service, and then choose Next. If destination service is Oracle8 or Oracle7, choose Oracle8i release 8.0 or Previous, and then choose Next.

   Depending on your selection, the Net Service Name Configuration, Service Name or Net Service Name Configuration, Database SID page appears.

5. Enter a destination service.

   If the destination service is release 8.1, enter a service name in the Service Name field, and then choose Next. If destination service is prior to release 8.1, enter an Oracle System Identifier in the Database SID field, and then choose Next.

   The Net Service Name Configuration, Select Protocols page appears.

6. Select the protocols the listener is configured to listen on (these protocols must also installed on the client), and then choose Next.

   The page appropriate for the selected protocol appears.

7. Enter the appropriate protocol parameters for the chosen protocol in the fields provided, and then choose Next.

   The Net Service Name Configuration, Testing page appears.

8. If you want to verify that the net service will work with a running database and listener, select Yes, perform a test, and then choose Next.

   The Net Service Name Configuration, Connecting page appears.

   A successful test results in the following message:

   `Connecting...Test successful.`

   When the test completes, choose Next.

   If the database and listener are not running at this time, select No, do not test, and then choose Next.

   The Net Service Name Configuration, Net Service Name page appears.

9. Accept the default net service name or enter another net service name in the Net Service Name field, and then choose Next. The name you enter should be unique to the client.

   The Net Service Name Configuration, Another Net Service Name? page appears.

10. Select No if you do not want to configure any more net service names, and then choose Next.

    The Net Service Name Configuration Done page appears. Or, select Yes to configure another net service name, and then choose Next to repeat steps 3-8.

11. Choose Next to acknowledge the `Net Service Name Configuration Complete!` message.