Configuring a Gateway Half

Configure a Gatehalf Network Interface

Step 7. Tab down to the next field. In the Transmission speed field, either leave the default or enter the transmission speed in bits per second as a number from 1200 to 64000.

Step 8. If this is a dial link, enter the phone number of this gateway half’s partner.

Step 9. If this is a dial link, in the Security string field, either leave the default, or enter a value that HP nodes must use to gain dial link access to the node you are configuring.

Step 10. Press the [Save Data] key. Proceed to Appendix 10 , “Validating and Cross-Validating with SYSGEN,” and press the [Validate Netxport] key.

Optional Keys

Press the [List NIs] key to list the names and types of already configured network interfaces.

Press the [Delete NI] to remove a configured network interface from the configuration file.

Press the [Read Other NI] key to call up a previously configured Network Interface name.

FieldsPartner’s IP address

This is the internet protocol (IP) address of the node that will be the other half of the gateway half you are configuring. Enter the address in the same format as on the Point-to-Point Configuration screen.

Partner’s IP subnet mask

Allows you to specify the subnet mask of this gateway half’s partner gateway half. The 32-bit mask is grouped in octets expressed as decimal integers and delimited by either a period (.) or a space. The mask identifies which bits of an IP address will be used to define a subnetwork. To determine these bits, you first need to estimate how many subnetworks and nodes per subnetwork you need. For details on deriving an IP subnet mask, see Chapter 2 , “Networking Concepts.”

Home NI name

The home NI name will be used by the software to determine which network address is the source network address when packets are sent over the gateway half. The home NI name cannot be either a gateway half or loopback NI name, but it can refer to any other type of network interface (LAN, Token Ring, Point-to-Point, FDDI, or X.25 network interface).

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