User`s guide

Configuring IP Routing
Configuring IP routing connections
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administration documentation describes how to configure these programs
and files.
• PC-compatibles
PCs running Windows or OS/2 need the TCP/IP networking software or
“stack.” The stack is included with Windows 95, but the user might have to
purchase and install it separately if the computer has a previous version of
Windows or OS/2.
• Macintosh
Macintosh computers need MacTCP or Open Transport software for TCP/IP
connectivity. MacTCP is included with all Apple system software including
and after Version 7.1. (You can see if the software is present by looking in
the Control Panel folder for MacTCP or MacTCP Admin.)
For any platform, the TCP/IP software must be configured with the host’s IP
address and subnet mask. If a DNS server is supported on your local network,
you should also configure the host software with the DNS server’s address.
Typically, the host software is configured so the Pipeline is the default gateway.
(Refer to the Start Here Guide for TCP/IP configuration examples.)
Also see a discussion about how the Pipeline translates an acquired IP address
from a Network Address Server (NAS) and manages traffic between hosts on the
local network and the wide area network in “Network Address Translation (NAT)
for a LAN” on page 3-22.
Example host connection with static address
A host route connection enables the dial-in host to keep its own IP address when
logging into the Pipeline IP network. For example, if a PC user telecommutes to
one IP network and uses an ISP on another IP network, one of those connections
can assign an IP address and the other can configure a host route to the PC. The