Configuring a LAN Node

Configure Neighbor Gateways

Identify Neighbor Gateways (If Any Are Present)

The Neighbor Gateways screen (#152) in Figure 6-5is displayed when you press the [Neighbor Gateways] key at the selected Guided configuration screen for the LAN, Token Ring and FDDI networks.

Figure 6-5 Neighbor Gateways Screen

Step 1. In the Gateway name field, enter the name of a gateway that is on the same network as the node that you are configuring. (Nodes are on the same network if the network portions of their IP addresses are the same.).

Step 2. If you are adding the identified gateway for the first time, press the [Add] key. If you are modifying the configuration of this node, press the [Modify] key. The Neighbor Gateway Reachable Networks screen will be displayed. Proceed to “Identify Neighbor Gateway Reachable Networks.

 

Step 3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each gateway that is on the same network as

 

the node that you are configuring. When you have finished, press the

 

[Next Screen] key to return to the selected configuration screen (LAN,

 

Token Ring, or FDDI) and proceed to Chapter 10 , “Validating and

 

Cross-Validating with SYSGEN.”

Fields

Gateway name Each gateway name can be as long as eight

 

alphanumeric characters. The first character must be

 

alphabetic.

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