Bay Technical Associates none manual Configuring a Token Ring Interface for Network Booting, Rspeed

Configuring the ARN for Netboot and Directed Netboot

Configuring a Token Ring Interface for Network Booting

To configure an ARN token ring interface for network booting, use the following command format:

ifconfig [-d] [ -r<speed> ] <interface> [<IP address> <subnet mask> [<next hop address>]]

Table A-3 describes the ifconfig command arguments for configuring the router token ring interface.

Table A-3.	ifconfig Command Settings for a Token Ring Interface
Setting		Description
		Default Setting
-d		Resets the router IP interface settings to the default values. Resetting
		a Token Ring interface makes it inactive in the network booting
		process. (The output of the getcfg command shows the default as
		None.)
		IP Connector Setting
-r<speed>		Specifies the speed of the Token Ring interface. Enter either16 or 4
		(Mb/s). The default is 16 Mb/s.
<interface>		Specifies the IP connector you are configuring. Use the format
		mau<port #>.
		IP Address Settings
<IP address>		Specifies the IP address of the interface you set with<interface>.
		Provide this address in dotted decimal notation.
<subnet mask>		Specifies the IP subnet mask of the interface you set with<interface>.
		Provide this address in dotted decimal notation.
<next hop		Specifies the IP address of the next-hop router. Provide this address
address>		in dotted decimal notation. Specify this address only if there are
		intermediate routers between the router and the BootP server.

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