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Contents

Preface ............................................................ xxi

Part 1 Connecting to the Network

1 Managing TCP/IP Services

1.1 Getting Started ............................................. 1–1

1.1.1 Logical Names . . . ........................................ 1–2

1.1.2 Modifying Your Conﬁguration ............................... 1–2

1.1.3 Saving Changes . . ........................................ 1–3

1.1.4 Starting and Stopping the Software ........................... 1–3

1.2 Enabling PATHWORKS/Advanced Server and DECnet-over-TCP/IP

Support . . . ................................................ 1–5

1.2.1 Starting and Stopping the PWIP Driver ....................... 1–5

1.3 Setting Up User Accounts and Proxy Identities ..................... 1–5

1.4 Conﬁguring a TCP/IP Cluster . . ................................ 1–6

1.4.1 Setting Up an ARP-Based Cluster ............................ 1–7

1.5 Auxiliary Server ............................................. 1–7

1.5.1 How the Auxiliary Server Works ............................. 1–7

1.5.1.1 Rejecting Client Requests ............................... 1–8

1.5.1.2 Conﬁguring the Auxiliary Server . . . ....................... 1–8

1.6 Enabling Services............................................ 1–9

1.6.1 Setting Up Event Logging . . ................................ 1–10

2 Conﬁguring Interfaces

2.1 Key Concepts ............................................... 2–1

2.2 Conﬁguring Network Controllers ................................ 2–1

2.3 Conﬁguring Network Interfaces . ................................ 2–2

2.3.1 Specifying the Interface .................................... 2–2

2.3.2 Specifying the Network Mask ............................... 2–3

2.3.3 Specifying Additional IP Addresses ........................... 2–3

3 Conﬁguring Serial Lines

3.1 Key Concepts ............................................... 3–1

3.1.1 PPP and SLIP . . . ........................................ 3–1

3.1.2 Assigning an IP Address to Your PPP or SLIP Interface ........... 3–2

3.1.3 Serial Line Internet Protocol ................................ 3–2

3.1.4 Point-to-Point Protocol ..................................... 3–3

3.2 Setting Up a PPP Interface (Alpha Only). . . ....................... 3–3

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