Configuring Access to a LAT Service

Assigning an Identification String

A service identification string helps users recognize and use the service. It can be up to 40 characters in length. The factory-set default is no identification string.

Example: Assigning the Service Name, to a Specific Port and Identification String

The following example shows how to assign a service name LN03_PRINT to the printers connected to ports 5, 6, 7, and 12. This example shows IDENTIFICATION abbreviated to ID and uses the identification string Production Printer.

Local> CHANGE SERVICE LN03_PRINT PORT 5-7,12 ID "Production

Printer"

Example: Clearing the Identification String

To clear a previously set service identification string, enter the ID qualifier with empty quotations marks, as shown in the following example:

Local> CHANGE SERVICE LN03_PRINT PORT 5-7,12 ID ""

Assigning a Port Name

Assigning a port name to a service limits the service’s availability. When you assign a port name to a service:

∙The service is not listed in the access server multicast message.

∙The service is available only to those users that know the port name.

Also, the access server transmits the port name to Telnet servers during Telnet sessions at the port.

Port Naming Guidelines

When you select a port name for a device, follow these guidelines:

∙The factory-set default port name is PORT_n, where n is the port number.

∙Port names must be a string of 1 to 16 characters long and cannot be abbreviated.

∙Allowable characters are A to Z, 0 to 9, $, - (hyphen), _ (underscore), and . (period).

∙Each port name must be unique to the access server.

Example: Changing the Port Name

The following example shows how to change the port name to PERSONNEL_PRINT for a printer on port 5:

Local> CHANGE PORT 5 NAME PERSONNEL_PRINT

12-4 Configuring and Managing LAT Services