Displays the configurations of or configures individual Network Terminal Accelerator (NTX) channels.
ntx_chaddr [ -d Device ] [ -c Service ] [ -p Port ] [ -i Address ] Channel
ntx_chaddr [ -d Device ] [ -p Port ] [ -i Address | default ] Channel
The ntx_chaddr command displays the configuration of an adapter channel or configures an individual channel. To display the current configuration of a channel, use the -d flag with the Channel parameter. The Channel parameter can be a device file name or an adapter channel ID. This command can only access configured adapters
Use the ntx_chaddr command to change the Internet address, protocol port, and call-type associated with an adapter channel. System administrators can use the ntx_chaddr command to identify groups of channels as call-out or call-in channels.
Before you can use the ntx_chaddr command, you must first configure both the adapter and its IP address. To configure the IP address, use the ntx_ifcfg command. To configure the adapter, use the hty_load command.
Note: A channel ID is associated with a particular device. Channel IDs start at zero for each board. As a result, channel IDs do not always correspond to the system's minor device numbers.
The ntx_chaddr command updates one channel at a time. To configure multiple channels, you must issue the ntx_chaddr command for each channel.
A call-in channel accepts connections. The adapter accepts connections only to an adapter's assigned address and port.
The service that a call-in channel uses is determined by the destination port specified by the connection request. The connection request must come from one of three known terminal services: telnet, rlogin, or nop. To accept a connection to any port using a known terminal service, specify a 0 for the Port parameter. For more information about assigning services to a port, see the ntx_pserv command.
If you do not specify a Port parameter with the -p flag, the system uses the last port specified. If you do not specify an Address parameter with the -i flag, the system uses the last address specified. You can specify the default keyword instead of the -i flag to set the address to the system default. The system default address is assigned with the ntx_ifcfg command. The adapter automatically configures itself when a new local Internet address is specified.
A call-out channel requests a connection to a specific destination. To configure a call-out channel, specify the -c Service flag. You must specify the Service parameter. The valid services are telnet, rlogin, and nop.
When a host opens a call-out channel, the adapter attempts to establish a connection to the address and port specified with the -i and -p parameters. If the Address parameter is not specified, the command uses the last known value. If you do not specify the -p flag, the host database (typically /etc/services) is searched for the port assigned to the service you specified. If the port is not found, the ntx_chaddr command returns an error.
Note: The service that a call-out channel uses is the determined by the Service parameter and not by the destination port.
| Channel | Specifies the device file name or an adapter channel ID. |
This command returns the following exit values:
| 0 | Successful completion. |
| >0 | An error occurred. |
Access Control: You must have root authority to run this command.
| /usr/bin/ntx_chaddr | Contains the ntx_chaddr command. |
| /dev/rhp0 | Default NTX raw device file name. |
Commands: hty_load, ntx_ifcfg, ntx_pserv.
Files: /dev/rhp.
Network Terminal Accelerator Overview in AIX Versions 3.2 and 4 Asynchronous Communications Guide