Protocol Parameters

APPC

IPX/SPX

NetBIOS

TCP/IP

Named pipe (Windows NT and Windows 95 only)

Protocol parameters -- APPC

APPC has the following parameters:

Destination name

• Enter the destination of the remote client you want to connect to. The name corresponds to an entry in the CPI communications side information table that contains the necessary information for the client to set up an APPC connection. The maximum length is 8 characters.

Security

• Select the level of security you require by clicking on the appropriate radio button. The choices are:

  None

  Specifies that no security information is to be included in the allocation request sent to the partner LU.

  Same

  Specifies that a user name is to be included in the allocation request sent to the partner LU, together with an indicator that the user name has been "already verified". The partner must be configured to accept "already verified" security.

  Program

  Specifies that both a user name and a password are to be included in the allocation request sent to the partner LU.

Protocol parameters -- IPX/SPX

IPX/SPX has the following parameters:

File server

• Enter the name of the NetWare file server where the internetwork address of the database manager instance is registered. The internetwork address is stored in the bindery at the NetWare file server and is accessed using the Object name.

• You can also enter * in this field, and then enter the internetwork address in the Object name field.

Object name

• Enter the object name of the database manager instance stored in the bindery of the NetWare file server or enter the internetwork address. An example of an internetwork address would be: 09212700.400011527745.879E

Protocol parameters -- NetBIOS

NetBIOS has the following parameters:

Workstation name

• Enter the name of the remote workstation where the target database resides. This is the workstation name found in the database manager configuration file of the server workstation.

Adapter number

• Enter the adapter number of the local, logical, outgoing LAN adapter.

Protocol parameters -- TCP/IP

TCP/IP has the following parameters:

Host name

• Enter the host name of the node where the target database resides. The maximum length is 255 characters.

Service name

• Enter the service name or port number of the database manager on the remote node. The maximum length is 14 characters.

Protocol parameters -- TCP/IP

TCP/IP has the following parameters:

Host name

• Enter the host name of the node where the target database resides. The maximum length is 255 characters.

  Note:

  You cannot enter a port number from the Add or Change System windows because the port number is predetermined for the system.

Protocol parameters -- Named pipe

Named pipe has the following parameter:

Computer name

• Enter the computer name of the node where the target database resides. The maximum length is 15 characters.

Protocol parameters -- Named pipe

Named pipe has the following parameter:

Computer name

• Enter the computer name of the node where the target database resides. The maximum length is 15 characters.