Configuring a LAN Node

Configure a Token Ring Network Interface

Step 5. Press the [Save Data] key to save the Token Ring link configuration. If you need to identify neighbor gateways, press the [Neighbor Gateways] key and proceed to the section in the chapter called “To Identify Neighbor Gateways.” Otherwise, proceed to Chapter 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] key 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.

Fields

Node name

Display only.

Network Interface (NI) name

Display only.

IP address

The IP address is an address of a node on a network. An IP address has two parts: a network portion and a node portion. The network portion must be the same for all nodes on a LAN network; the node portion must be unique for all nodes on a LAN network.

Class A nnn xxx.xxx.xxx

B nnn.nnn xxx.xxx

C nnn.nnn.nnn xxx

Where: nnn = the network portion of the IP address and xxx = the node portion of the IP address.

For Class C, the node portion of the IP address must be between 001 and 254.

If you are adding your NS 3000/iX node to an existing network, the network portion of each node’s IP address should be the same. You will have to find out what this is, and use it in the network portion of the IP address of your NS 3000/iX node. Also, you will need to know the node portions of the IP addresses of each of the nodes (usually they will be numbered sequentially, such as 001, 002, and so on), so that you can specify a unique node portion for the IP address of your node. If you have a network map, it should provide a record of such items as the node name and IP address of each node. If there is no record, and if you want to find out each node’s IP address, you will have to issue the following command (NM capability required) on each of the nodes:

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