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=Request=
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Index Word
! Description
|-
| 0
| Header code [0x00570082]
|-
| 1
| Pointer to a buffer
|-
| 2
| Length of the buffer
|-
| 3
| {{Tooltip|Descriptor|0x0000000c {{!}} (size <nowiki><<</nowiki> 4)}} for mapping a [[IPC#Buffer_Mapping_Translation|write-only buffer]] in the target process
|-
| 4
| Pointer to a buffer (same as input word 1)
|}
=Response=
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Index Word
! Description
|-
| 0
| Header code
|-
| 1
| Result code
|}
=Description=
Connects [[NIM_Services|NIM]] to the network for further use. This is ''required'' before any actual actions, such as [[NIMS:RegisterTask]] or [[NIMS:StartDownload]] can be taken.
The buffer is a scratch buffer for nim. [[EShop|eShop]] provides a buffer of 0x20000 bytes.