User`s guide

1 - INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................1
1.1 - OVERVIEW..........................................................................................2
1.1.1 - Serial Connection ...........................................................................2
1.1.2 - Network Connection .......................................................................3
1.1.3 - Multiple Logical Links .....................................................................3
1.2 - MAIN FEATURES.................................................................................4
1.3 - EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION ..............................................................5
2 - TERMINAL CONFIGURATION...................................................................7
2.1 - TCP/IP SET-UP....................................................................................8
2.2 - SETTING THE NETWORK ENVIRONMENT........................................9
2.2.1 - Ethernet Addresses ......................................................................11
2.2.2 - IP Address and RARP Protocol.....................................................11
2.2.3 - Host Management ........................................................................13
2.2.4 - Router Management.....................................................................13
2.3 - SETTING MULTI-SESSION PARAMETERS ......................................15
2.3.1 - Setting the Sessions.....................................................................15
2.3.2 - Status Line ...................................................................................16
2.3.3 - View/Host Association ..................................................................16
2.4 - SETTING THE PROTOCOL ...............................................................17
2.4.1 - 'mss' Option..................................................................................17
2.4.2 - 'window' Option.............................................................................18
2.4.3 - 'ttl' Option .....................................................................................18
2.4.4 - 'noise' Option................................................................................18
2.4.5 - 'tcp port' Option ............................................................................19
2.5 - STATISTICS.......................................................................................20
2.5.1 -'Ethernet' Option............................................................................20
2.5.2 - 'ARP' Option.................................................................................20
2.5.3 - 'TCP Client' Option.......................................................................21
2.5.4 - 'TCP Server' Option......................................................................21
2.6 - SETTING EMULATIONS....................................................................22
Example 1...............................................................................................24
Example 2...............................................................................................24
3 - CONFIGURING THE UNIX HOST ............................................................25
3.1 - SETTING NETWORK PARAMETERS................................................26
3.2 - CONFIGURING THE OPERATING SYSTEM.....................................27
3.2.1 - Overview......................................................................................27
3.2.2- TERM Value..................................................................................27
3.2.3 - Scancode Mode............................................................................28
3.3 - TUNING THE OPERATING SYSTEM.................................................30