3.5    Networking

The Networking branch of the SysMan is used to perform all the configuration required for a system to work on a network

Network Setup Wizard	Network Setup Wizard guides you through the process of performing the initial configuration of a system. For additional information, see the Network Setup Wizard Help.
Basic Network Services	Use the Basic Network Services branch to configure a system to work on a network. Set up Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Configures, modifies, and deconfigure ATM adapters and add, modify or delete ATM Interfaces: classical IP, LAN Emulation, and IP Switching. For additional information, see the ATM Configuration Help. Set up Network Interface Cards Configures Ethernet, FDDI, ATM, or token ring interfaces. For additional information, see the Network Configuration Help. Set up static routes (/etc/routes) Configures the /etc/routes file. Static routes are routes that you define once and intend to keep in the routing table permanently. For additional information, see the Network Configuration Help. Set up routing services (gated, routed, IP Router) Configures the routing daemons. Routing daemons, such as gated and routed are used to perform dynamic routing. Additionally, you can configure the /etc/gateways file which identifies gateways for the routed. For additional information, see the Network Configuration Help. Set up hosts file (/etc/hosts) Configures the /etc/hosts file, which contains information regarding the known hosts on the network and is used to translate the name of the hosts into their respective IP addresses. For additional information, see the Network Configuration Help. Set up hosts equivalency file (/etc/hosts.equiv) Configures the /etc/hosts.equiv file, which contains the names of remote systems and users that can execute commands on the local system. For additional information, see the Network Configuration Help. Set up remote who services Let you configure or modify the configuration of the Remote Who daemon (rwhod). For additional information, see the Network Configuration Help. Set up the networks file (/etc/networks) Configures the /etc/networks file, which contains information regarding the known networks and is used to translate the name of the network by its respective network number. For additional information, see the Network Configuration Help.
Additional Network Services	Lets you configure additional network services for your system, such as the following: Serial Line Networking Point-to-Point Protocol Configures Point-to Point Protocol (PPP) services for a single system. For additional information, see the PPP Configuration Help. Configures system for UNIX-to-UNIX copy (UUCP) connections Configures UUCP connections. For additional information, see the uucpsetup(8) reference page. Domain Name Service (DNS(BIND)) Configuration Configure system as a DNS Client Configures name services for a single client system or cluster. DNS Client provides a host name and address lookup service for the Internet and updates your system's /etc/resolv.conf file. Deconfigure DNS on this system Deconfigures name services for a single client system or cluster. Configure system as a DNS server Configures your system as a master, slave, caching-only, forward-only, or stub server, which provides service to BIND(DNS) clients. Configure Local Area Transport (LAT) Configures LAT for your system. This is a means by which a printer can be connected to a terminal server over the network, provided the server supports LAT protocol. Depending on the LAT server capabilities, the server can support one printer, through a LAT port name, or several printers, one per port, by means of a LAT service name. In Print Configuration, you can specify whether print requests sent to the LAT terminal server are directed to a specific printer (by specifying a LAT port name) or the next available printer (by specifying a LAT service name). Network Time Protocol (NTP) Sets up the Network Time Protocol daemon (xntpd) to synchronize your system's clock to an accurate reference time standard. Network File Service Configuration (NFS) Manages NFS configuration: For additional information, see the NFS Configuration Help. Network Information Service Configuration Configures and runs NIS on your system. For additional information, see the nissetup(8) reference page. Set up system as (DHCP) Server (joind) Configures the DHCP server daemon (joind). The joind server provides configuration to clients on the network using the DHCP protocols; it usually runs as a daemon process. The joind daemon looks in the /etc/services file to find the port numbers that should be used. For additional information, see the Network Configuration Help.
View Status of network daemons	For additional information, see the Network Configuration Help.
{Re}start network services	For additional information, see the Network Configuration Help.
Stop network services	For additional information, see the Network Configuration Help.