9 Configuring a Gateway Half

This chapter describes how to plan and configure the interface between one gateway half and another gateway half. Gateway halves is one of the early technologies used to connect two separate networks. For information on configuring a node as a gateway half, use this manual. Gateways are rarely used since the introduction of routers and the internet.

Configuring a node as a gateway half requires configuring two separate network interfaces: one for the serial interface to the remote side of the gateway half, and a second for the gateway half’s interface to its home network (for example, a LAN or point-to-point network).

Before configuring a gatehalf, you should have already configured its home network interface, according to instructions in other chapters of this manual.

Figure 9-1shows the screen flow for configuring gateway half screens. Screens unique to gateway half configuration are indicated by bold boxed screens. [FUNCTION] denotes the function key used at a screen to invoke the next screen on the screen flow.

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