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Neighbor Gateways

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The Neighbor Gateways screen (#152) in Figure 6-11 "Neighbor Gateways" is displayed when you press the [Go To INTERNET] function key at the Point-to-Point Network Interface Configuration screen (Figure 6-3 "Point-to-Point Network Interface Configuration Screen"). It is also displayed when you type the path name:

@NETXPORT.NI.NIname.INTERNET

in the Command window of any screen and press the [Enter] key, where the NIname is a configured point-to-point NI.

Figure 6-11 Neighbor Gateways

[Neighbor Gateways]

Use this screen, and the screens that follow it, to identify the gateways on this network. Use the fields and the function keys of this select screen to perform the desired action as follows:

  • To identify a new gateway, specify the gateway name; then press the [Add] function key. The path for the selected gateway name is added to the configuration file, and the data screen on the path is displayed. Up to 164 gateways are supported per link.

  • To modify an existing gateway identification, specify the gateway name, then press the [Modify] function key. The data screen on the path for the specified gateway is displayed.

  • To change the gateway name of an existing gateway identification, specify the gateway name and a new name; then press the [Rename] function key. The previously configured name is replaced, and the screen displays the new name in a display field under the label Configured Gateways.

  • To delete an existing gateway identification, specify the gateway name, then press the [Delete] function key. Press the [Delete] function key again to confirm the deletion. The previously configured name is deleted and is no longer displayed in a display field under the label Configured Gateways.

Fields

Gateway name

Enter a name to represent a gateway node on this point-to-point network, through which one or more remote networks can be reached. A gateway name can contain as many as eight alphanumeric characters; the first character must be alphabetic.

New name

(Required only when renaming a gateway.) Enter a name to represent a gateway node on this point-to-point network. This new gateway name is used in place of the current gateway name for an existing gateway configuration. The name can contain as many as eight alphanumeric characters; the first character must be alphabetic.



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