Sybase DC35823-01-1500-04 manual Configuring interfaces files for multiple networks

CHAPTER 5 Setting Up Communications Across the Network

1Concatenate the individual interfaces files.

2Make a copy of the file.

3Use an ASCII text editor to modify the copy of the concatenated file.

Note When you manually edit an interfaces file, be sure that, for each entry, each line following the first line begins with a <tab> character.

The following elements must be correct and unique in the resulting file:

•servername – each server entry in the interfaces file must be unique. During the srvbuild session, you had the choice of entering a server name or accepting the default server name, SYBASE, for those servers. If you accepted the default name, find any duplicate SYBASE entries in your merged file, and rename them.

•A combination of the host machine’s network name or address and Adaptive Server’s port or object number.

•If the original interfaces file was created when there was only one machine on the network, its entries may have the word “loghost” in place of the machine name (address). If loghost is present, replace it with the machine name.

Configuring interfaces files for multiple networks

On some platforms, Adaptive Server can accommodate multiple networks. This allows Adaptive Server to listen for clients over multiple network interfaces. You must add an entry for each network interface to the interfaces file.

Configuring the server for multiple network handlers

To configure multiple network listeners:

1Define a unique host name for each network interface in your operating system’s host database.

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