Neighbor Gateway Reachable Networks [ NS3000/iX NMMGR Screens Reference Manual ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation
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Neighbor Gateway Reachable Networks
The Neighbor Gateway Reachable Networks screen (#158) in figure 7-14 is
displayed when you select a gateway name at the Neighbor Gateways screen
(figure 7-13) and press the [Add] or [Modify] function key. It is also
displayed when you type the path name:
@NETXPORT.NI.NIname.INTERNET.gatewayn
in the command window of any screen and press the [Enter] key, where
NIname is a configured X.25 NI, and gatewayn is the configured X.25 NI
gateway name.
Figure 7-14. Neighbor Gateways Reachable Networks
Press the [Save Data] function key to transfer the data displayed on the
screen to the configuration file you are creating or updating. Verify
that the data record has been created by checking that the Data flag is
set to Y.
NOTE The information configured in this screen can extend to more than
one page, if necessary, to allow configuration of up to 2550
reachable networks per link (255 pages and 10 reachable nets per
page). Press [Next Page] to proceed to a new page. Press [Prev
Page] to display a prior page. Use [First Page] to display the
first page (for example, if you are viewing the third page,
pressing [First Page] will immediately display the first page).
Press [Last Page] to display the last page of reachable networks
that has been configured. To consolidate reachable networks
entries (from several pages, for example) press [Condense Page].
Fields
Neighbor gateway IP Enter the full network address of a gateway
internet address node (on this network) that is to be used to
reach other networks (any network in the same
internetwork other than the network of which
this node is a member). The network portion of
the address must be the same as that entered on
the IP Protocol Configuration screen for the
network interface you are configuring; however,
the node portion need not match.
There are two methods of entering an internet
protocol (IP) address within NMMGR:
1. Enter the fully qualified IP address
(for example, Class C, C 192.191.191
009)
OR
2. Enter only the network (nnn) and node
(xxx) portions of the IP address as four
positive integers between 0 and 255
separated by periods or blanks (for
example, 15.123.44.98).
You need not enter the following items
as NMMGR will fill these in:
- Class A, B, C
- Leading zeros for the network and node
portion of the IP address.
Addresses are made up of a network portion and
a node portion. The possible classes of
network addresses have the following forms:
Class C: C nnn.nnn.nnn xxx
Class B: B nnn.nnn xxx.xxx
Class A: A nnn xxx.xxx.xxx
where nnn is a value ranging from 000 to 255,
representing eight bits of the network portion
of an address and xxx is a value ranging from
000 to 255, representing the node portion of
the address. Note that network and node values
of all zeroes or all ones are not allowed.
These are special values.
The leftmost group of nnn has the following
ranges for each address class:
Class C: 192-223
Class B: 128-191
Class A: 001-126
The network address (network portion of
the IP address) configured in
NETXPORT.NI.NIname.PROTOCOL.IP must match the
neighbor gateway IP internet address configured
in the current screen.
Default value: None
Configured reachable Enter the internet addresses of the remote
networks IP network networks that can be reached through the
address gateway whose network address is configured in
the previous field.
You can also designate this gateway as a
default gatewayby entering an at sign (@) in
one of the Configured reachable networks IP
network address fields. The network will route
messages to the default gateway if it is unable
to locate their destination by any other means.
The default gateway will then attempt to locate
the destination. Only one gateway can be
designated as a default gateway for each 900
Series HP 3000 system.
When specifying reachable networks, entering
only the network portions, and optionally the
subnet, of the IP address (setting the node
portion to all zeros) allows this node to
communicate with any other node on the remote
network.
If the remote network is subnetted, you can
restrict communication of this node to
particular subnets by entering the decimal
equivalent of those subnets and including the
IP mask in the IP mask field.
To allow this node to communicate with other
subnets on the local network, enter the decimal
equivalent of the subnet in the IP network
address field and enter the subnet mask in the
IP mask field. If you do not enter a subnet
mask, one of the following occurs:
* If the IP address is the same as the
node you are configuring, the IP mask
configured in the IP Protocol
Configuration screen (figure 7-10) is
used.
* If the IP address is different from the
node you are configuring, NMMGR assumes
no subnets.
Related screen:
* NETXPORT.NI.NIname.INTERNET
This path name corresponds to the
Neighbor Gateways screen. A Neighbor
Gateway Reachable Networks screen must
be configured for each gateway
configured in the Neighbor Gateways
screen.
IP mask The IP mask masks a portion of the IP address
for subnets. The subnet is specified in the
same format as an IP address, that is, the
32-bit mask is grouped in octets expressed as
decimal integers and delimited by a "." or a
space. For example, a mask for a class A
address with the subnet field being the first 8
bits of the node portion would be expressed as
255 255.000.000. The default is no IP mask.
Configured reachable Enter the internet hop count to the reachable
networks hops network whose IP address is configured to the
left of the hops field. (The internet hop
count is the number of full internet gateways
that will be used to route a message to the
destination network. If two partner gateway
halves are used as part of the internet route,
they are counted as one hop.)
Hop count is used internally to determine which
neighbor gateway (if more than one exists) is
on the shortest path to the remote network. If
more than one gateway can reach a given remote
network, and the number of hops to the remote
network is equal for each gateway, you can
specify which gateway the network transport
will use by configuring an artificially high
hop count. The network transport will always
use the gateway with the lowest hop count. If
the same hop count value is configured for
multiple gateways, the network transport will
choose internally from among the routes with
equal hop counts.
Range: 1-32767
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NOTE To delete a reachable network entry, fill
the field to be deleted with blanks and
press the [Save Data] function key.
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