add gateway

user level:

This command enables you to define the gateways in your network. You can add up

admin

to twenty gateways and these must be hosts that you have defined in the host table.

Syntax

add gateway hostname type [inetaddress]

 

Where:

 

 

hostname

is the name of the host that you want to define as a gateway

 

type

is the gateway type: default, host or network. The types are:

 

 

Default - this is a gateway which provides general access

 

 

beyond your local network.

 

 

Host - this a gateway reserved for accessing a specific host

 

 

external to your local network.

 

 

Network - this is a gateway reserved for accessing a specific

 

 

network external to your local network.

 

inetaddress

if you define the type as host or network, you must define the

 

 

internet address of the target host or network.

 

Your gateway by default is ‘active’; you can change it to ‘passive’; see the command

Menu

set gateway.

 

Network Configuration - Gateway - Add Gateway

equivalent

 

 

See also

delete gateway, set gateway

add host

user level: This command enables you to add the details of the other hosts in your network.

admin These will be added to the host table. You can also add hosts accessed frequently not in your LAN.

Syntax add host hostname inetaddress

Where:

hostname is the name of the host (14 characters maximum).

inetaddress is the internet address of the machine.

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