TheEdit Async Ports window lets you view and change modem and interface settings for the ports you selected. It groups related settings in boxes, and provides access to theAsync Ports (continued) window and to theEdit Modem window.
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Port Options Box
ThePort Options box determines whether the ports you selected use modems and defines the type of access that is available on these ports.
• TheType box contains theModem, No Modem, Disable, andOther buttons. These buttons define several settings for modem configuration. The button you choose here, combined with the your selections in theDirection box, determine the available selections in theMode box.
• Modem indicates that the ports you selected will use the modem specified in theModem Name field. This button selects theModem Signals button and sets flow control to hardware.
• No Modem indicates that the ports you select will not use a modem. It clears modem signals, sets flow control to software, and disables theModem box.
• Disable disables the port. If you select this button you cannot enter additional information in the window.
• Other indicates that one or more ports you selected currently define x25, tn3270, pc, terminal, or printer as the type of device attached to a port. You can return to theMain window and use Annex ManagerCustomize mode to check these values. If theOther button is selected when this window appears you can selectthe Modem, No Modem, orDisable buttons. You cannot select theOther button.
Direction Box
TheDirection box determines whether the port transmits or receives data.
• TheOutgoing andIncoming buttons allow the port to use outgoing or incoming connections. You can select one or both buttons. These buttons, combined with your selections in the Type box, determine the Mode options you can use. When an option is unavailable it is grayed out.
Mode Box
TheMode box defines the type of access to a port. This box includes the buttons:
• Autodetect allows a port to identify an incoming packet's protocol and to convert to IPX, PPP, ARAP or CLI.
• Serial provides access to modems, serial line printers, and other serial devices attached to the outgoing port.
• PPP specifies that a port can perform as a network interface using PPP.
• ARAP specifies that a port can perform as a network interface using ARAP.
• IPX allows dial-in Novell access.
• Telnet automatically connects a user to a host via thetelnet command. You can specify the host and arguments in theRlogin/
Telnet boxArgument field.
• SLIP specifies that a port can perform as a network interface using SLIP.
• CLI allows a port connected to a terminal or incoming modem access to the Annex Command Line Interface (CLI). CLI provides access to the network and connections to other hosts via the telnet, connect, rlogin, and tn3270 commands.
• Dedicated automatically connects a user with the host defined in theDedicated box. Once you enter a host address there, you can choose whether the port will communicate viatelnet orrlogin.
• NDP allows dial-in with authentication by Novell, dial-out, and routing.
• Rlogin automatically connects a user to a host defined in the Dedicated box. You can specify the host and arguments in the Rlogin/Telnet boxArgument field.
• Other indicates that one or more RACs you selected currently use modes that differ from the options displayed in theMode box. You can use theSet command in Annex Manager
If you selectAutodetect, PPP, ARAP, IPX, orSLIP, Annex Manager does not allow a RAC to determine modem speed automatically. If you selectSerial, CLI, Telnet, Dedicated, NDP, orRlogin and the RACs you chose are set to select modem speed automatically, Annex Manager does not change this condition.
Line Control Box
TheLine Control box defines flow control and line speed settings using the following boxes:
• Modem Signals indicates whether the ports you selected will use a modem for flow control. When you select this button, the ports and modem use DCD, DTR, and DSR signals.
• Flow Control specifies the type of signals a RAC uses to control data transfer. There are four choices:
• None indicates that flow control is disabled.
• Hardware indicates that the modem and/or port use CTS/
RTS signals.
• Software indicates that the modem and/or port use xon/xoff signals.
• Other displays if the RACs you selected have flow control set to a value that is notHardware, Software, orNone. If you select another setting here, you cannot selectOther again.
• Speed defines the baud rate of the asynchronous line between a device and a RAC. The value you choose must match the device's baud rate. For a port with a modem, the speed field is typically set to the maximum speed that the modem supports (e.g., 115200).
All RACs do not support all port speeds. Refer to your RAC hardware guide for information.
Modem Box
TheModem box indicates the kind of modem attached to the ports you selected and provides access to theEdit Modem window.
The first button in this box specifies the type of modem attached to the ports you selected. You can display a list that includes all modems defined in the configuration file andinclude files for the RACs you selected.
This list displays names from the RAC configuration file followed by names in anyinclude file. If you edit a modem definition that originates in aninclude file, Annex Manager copies the definition, places the edited version in the RAC configuration file, and displays the name from this file.
You cannot configure modem information if you select multiple RACs that do not use the same configuration file on the same host. (The configuration file does not have to reside on the same host as Annex Manager.) In addition, you cannot configure modem information if you select one or more RACs where the preferred boot host is different from the actual boot host.
The modem name that displays when the window first appears depends on your port selections:
• If you selected one port, or multiple ports that use the same modem, this field contains the current modem name.
• If you selected ports that use different modems, this field is blank. If you continue to use this window and do not enter a name here, Annex Manager will not change modem values when you clickApply.
• If the modem name is not set for the ports you selected,
<undefined> appears.
• If the ports you selected use a modem that does not appear in the list, Annex Manager adds the name to this list, displays a warning window, and creates a default modem definition in the configuration file. Click Edit Modem to display and change this default definitions.
• Edit Modem displays theEdit Modem window. Internal modem definitions can be viewed and changed in theEdit Modem window. The fields in theEdit Modem window apply to all calls established on a 5399/8000 RAC or ISDN Primary Rate Interface RAC, unless settings in the configuration file override these values.
Interface Options Box
The Interface Options box displays information in theSettings, Address Assignment, Interface Protocol, AppleTalk, RLogin/Telnet, andDedicated boxes.
• TheSettings box displays address information for the ports you selected:
• TheRemote Address field contains the IP address for the host at the remote end of the point-to-point (SLIP or PPP) link.
• TheSubnet Mask field contains the RAC IP subnet mask. The subnet mask defines which portion of the IP address is the network, subnet, and host. Entering an incorrect subnet mask can cause routing problems.
• TheAddress Assignment box allows a RAC to request an address from a host-based server. TheAddress Assignment buttons control the source of the address assignment.
• If you select theSecurity Server button the RAC searches the acp_dialup file for the user name of the remote client and sets the remote address and other related values.
• If the file contains a matching user name and remote address in theacp_dialup file, the RAC uses that value.
• If the file does not contain a matching user name, the RAC uses the local value. If the remote address is set to 0.0.0.0, the RAC negotiates for the address with the remote PPP client. The connection is denied for a remote SLIP client.
• If you select thedhcp button the RAC contacts a DHCP server to request the PPP dialup addresses.
• If you select theLocal button the RAC uses the value from the RAC. If the remote address is set to 0.0.0.0, the RAC negotiates for the address with the remote PPP client. The connection is denied for a remote SLIP client.
• TheInterface Protocol box lists the control protocols for which the RAC negotiates. You can select a single button or any combination of the following buttons:
• atcp specifies the AppleTalk Protocol Control Protocol
• ipcp specifies the Internet Protocol Control Protocol
• ipxcp specifies the Internet Packet Exchange Control Protocol
• ccp specifies the Compression Control Protocol
• TheAppleTalk Box uses theNode ID field to specify the AppleTalk hint used by the RAC on a specific port. You can enter an ID in decimal or hexadecimal notation. Each ID has two parts separated by a dot:
– A network address that ranges from 0 to 65534 (0x0000 to 0xFFFE).
– A node address that ranges from 0 to 254 (0x00 to 0xFE).
• TheRlogin/Telnet box uses theArgument field to specify arguments forrlogin andtelnet commands. TheArgument field contains the commands used when you selectRlogin orTelnet in theMode box. Include a host name or address here. You can enter up to 100 characters.
• TheDedicated box box uses theHost Address field and the Method box:
– The Host Address field contains the IP address of a host to which this port will connect.
– TheMethod box selects the application to which a RAC port can connect. You can selectRlogin orTelnet.