Properties props = new Properties();
        props.setProperty("jcifs.smb.client.maxChannels", "8");

        PropertyConfiguration config = new PropertyConfiguration(props);
        assertEquals(8, config.getMaxChannels());

        props.setProperty("jcifs.smb.client.maxChannels", "1");
        config = new PropertyConfiguration(props);
        assertEquals(1, config.getMaxChannels());
    }

### 6.1 Configuration Properties
```java
// In PropertyConfiguration.java
public static final String USE_MULTI_CHANNEL = "jcifs.smb.client.useMultiChannel";
public static final String MAX_CHANNELS = "jcifs.smb.client.maxChannels";
public static final String CHANNEL_BINDING_POLICY = "jcifs.smb.client.channelBindingPolicy";
public static final String LOAD_BALANCING_STRATEGY = "jcifs.smb.client.loadBalancingStrategy";

        // Start health check task
        if (healthCheckInterval > 0) {
            startHealthCheckTask();
        }

        log.info("MultiChannelManager initialized with maxChannels={}, strategy={}, healthCheckInterval={}ms", maxChannels,
                loadBalancingStrategy, healthCheckInterval);
    }

    /**
     * Creates channels for a new session.
     *
     * @param sessionId the session identifier

            }
        }

        value = props.getProperty("jcifs.smb.client.maxChannels");
        if (value != null) {
            try {
                int intValue = Integer.parseInt(value);
                if (intValue > 0) {
                    this.maxChannels = intValue;
                }
            } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                // Invalid values ignored

    private final ScheduledExecutorService scheduler;
    private final ChannelLoadBalancer loadBalancer;
    private final ChannelFailover failover;

    private volatile boolean multiChannelEnabled;
    private final int maxChannels;
    private final AtomicInteger channelCounter;

    /**
     * Create channel manager
     *
     * @param context CIFS context
     * @param session SMB session
     */

        // Note: useMultiChannel defaults are handled by PropertyConfiguration
        // Base configuration leaves it as false by default
        if (this.maxChannels == 0) {
            this.maxChannels = 4;
        }
        // channelBindingPolicy: 0=disabled, 1=preferred, 2=required, -1=not set
        if (this.channelBindingPolicy == -1) {

        // Setup multi-channel configuration
        Properties props = new Properties();
        props.setProperty("jcifs.smb.client.useMultiChannel", "true");
        props.setProperty("jcifs.smb.client.maxChannels", "4");
        props.setProperty("jcifs.smb.client.loadBalancingStrategy", "adaptive");
        props.setProperty("jcifs.smb.client.channelHealthCheckInterval", "5");

        multiConfig = new PropertyConfiguration(props);

jcifs.smb.client.leaseTimeout=30000

# Persistent handles
jcifs.smb.client.usePersistentHandles=true
jcifs.smb.client.durableTimeout=120000

# Multi-channel
jcifs.smb.client.useMultiChannel=true
jcifs.smb.client.maxChannels=4
jcifs.smb.client.channelBindingPolicy=required

# Directory leasing
jcifs.smb.client.useDirectoryLeasing=true
jcifs.smb.client.dirCacheTimeout=60000

# RDMA
jcifs.smb.client.useRDMA=auto

     *
     * @return whether multi-channel is enabled
     */
    boolean isUseMultiChannel();

    /**
     * Maximum number of channels per session
     *
     * Property {@code jcifs.smb.client.maxChannels} (int, default 4)
     *
     * @return maximum channels per session
     */
    int getMaxChannels();

    /**
     * Channel binding policy
     *