QUESTION:
Customer needs to do a demo of his NETVIEW/6000 system
to his executives. He had hoped to be able to dial-in to the RS/6000
running Netview/6000 from a workstation equiped with appropriate
software. I believe what he has is a PC system running either OS/2 or
Windows/NT which he would potentially use as the remote workstation.
Ques: Is it even possible for him to do this, and if so, what software
is required which would allow him to display Netview/6K at the
remote PC?
Also, where can he find information on how to setup this
connection (is it a SLIP connection)?
Would appreciate a call at 719-535-5851 or pager 1-800-sky-page pin#
8298112 if we could get this decided asap.
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A: In order to display Netview/6000 on an OS/2 machine, you will need
TCP/IP version 2.0 for OS/2 which includes X-Windows Sys Server User
Pak. Please refer to SALESMAN item number 65G1220 on HONE for detailed
information.
I am not aware of any X-windows emulators for Windows NT. You might
want to contact your Microsoft vendor about this option.
Yes, you will need SLIP connection to dial-in, but you should be aware
that performance may not be good when running Netview/6000 remotely
over a slip connection because of the limited bandwidth of a slip line.
The dialogue between an X-server and X-clients usually results in
large amounts of network traffic, which is why Netview/6000 may
take long to come up.
s.
Ideally, you should obtain the line at up to 38 kbps. Given your
scenario, the best solution is a 14.4 kbps modem over a dial-up line.
We cannot contact you by phone unless you are registered for phone
assistance. In order to register for phone assistance please send
a PROFS note to AIXSPEC@AUSVM8.
Unfortunately, we do not have any information on setting up SLIP
connection over a modem between OS/2 and RISC. However, I do have
HOWTO item on setting up SLIP between two RISC machines. Below I
appended the item on setting up SLIP connection over the modem between
two RISCs.
If you feel that you need more specific information on setting up
OS/2 side of a SLIP connection please re-open this item and we will
transfer it to OS/2 support group.
Hopefully, this information will be helpful.
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SLIP (Serial Line Interface Protocol)
Special Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Planning SLIP Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Setting Up SLIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Bringing Down a SLIP Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Other Notes on SLIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Information on Network Address Types (Classes) . . . . 5
Notes on Adding RTS Handshaking to a tty Port . . . . . 6
Reader's Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
SPECIAL NOTICES
Information in this document is correct to the best of our
knowledge at the time of this writing. Please send feedback
by fax to "AIXServ Information" at (512) 823-5972.
Please use this information with care. IBM will not be
responsible for damages of any kind resulting from its use.
The use of this information is the sole responsibility of
the customer and depends on the customer's ability to eval-
uate and integrate this information into the customer's
operational environment.
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| | IMPORTANT NOTICE: This document will no longer be |
| | updated and remains available only for high severity |
| | situations. |
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| | For all other situations, we recommend that you order |
| | "SYSTEM MANAGEMENT: COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS", PUB- |
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PLANNING SLIP ADDRESSES
Probably one of the most important things to consider when
planning your SLIP connection is the addressing. You should
examine which address class you wish to use and then develop
the actual numerical values (see "Information on Network
Address Types (Classes)" on page 5 for possible class
types).
Please verify that your SLIP addresses DO NOT conflict with
any existing (network) addresses on your system. For sim-
plicity, these addresses are used in the following
instructions:
1.1.1.2 for local system "A"
1.1.1.1 for remote system "B"
Please note that this SLIP example starts SLIP from the
command line. The following instructions add a tty via SMIT
and then configure and start SLIP from the command line. It
is good to first configure from the command line, as in
these instructions, because command line options are easier
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to correct. After you get SLIP working correctly from the
command line, bring it down, detach it (to start clean), and
reconfigure it through SMIT. Configuring it through SMIT
will make the configuration permanent and allow SLIP to
start automatically at each system reboot.
SETTING UP SLIP
Step 1: Configure/Add a tty Port
Add a tty for serial port S2 on BOTH machines A and B. (*
means user can change the setting.)
Login: as root or "su" to root
Enter: smit tty
Select: Add a TTY
Select: tty rs232 Asynchronous Terminal
* Select: sa1 Available 00-00-S2 Standard I/O Serial Port 2
Press: F4 (for PORT number)
* Select: s2
Change: "Enable LOGIN" to "disable"
* Change: "BAUD rate" to desired speed
Change: XON-XOFF to "no"
Press: key until tty is added or changed
Add ONE of the following lines to the /etc/uucp/Devices file
| on both the server and the remote client. (If you are not
| sure which line to use, try one and, if you get an error,
| try another.) Be sure to change 9600 to the correct bps
| rate for your modem.
Direct tty1 - 9600 direct
Direct tty1 - 9600 hayes
| ACU tty1 - 9600 hayes
Step 2: Assign Addresses for SLIP
Configure SLIP lines for both systems A and B using selected
addresses. Here, 1.1.1.2 is the address for A and 1.1.1.1
addresses. Here, 1.1.1.2 is the address for A and 1.1.1.1
is the address for B.
On system A, enter:
ifconfig sl0 1.1.1.2 1.1.1.1 up
On system B, enter:
ifconfig sl0 1.1.1.1 1.1.1.2 up
Step 3: Verify
Check status on BOTH machines with the following command
line entry:
ifconfig sl0
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Step 4: Make the SLIP Connection
On the remote system to be dialed into, enter:
slattach tty#
| Use the following command line option to dial out of the
| local system. (Replace "#" with your tty number.)
slattach tty# 9600 ' "" AT OK ATDT555-3346 CONNECT "" '
The above string is interpreted as "Use tty# at 9600 baud,
send 'AT' and I should get back an 'OK,' dial 555-3346 and I
should get a 'CONNECT' back."
NOTES:
1. The tty ports MUST be disabled for use with SLIP and not
set for "share" or "delay" (no getty).
2. In the modems, you CANNOT use XON/XOFF, software flow-
control. XON/XOFF should also be set off in SMIT for
tty. Use of XON/XOFF will not allow SLIP to work prop-
erly (SLIP will be up but you won't be able to ping the
other system).
3. DTR should be set so that the modem tracks the status of
DTR and hangs up when an "on" to "off" transition
occurs. slattach will bring DTR up.
4. CD should be set so the modem tracks the status of DTR
(AT&C1).
5. On a modem with Hayes-compatible AT commands, "AT&K0"
sets no-flow-control and "AT&K3" sets RTS/CTS on. DTR
can be set with "AT&D2". See "Notes on Adding RTS Hand-
shaking to a tty Port" on page 6 for instructions on
adding RTS to a port on the RISC System/6000.
Test the SLIP connection between system "A" and system "B"
by using the ping command. On system "A", enter:
ping 1.1.1.1
System should display packets being sent and received from
that address.
BRINGING DOWN A SLIP CONNECTION
1. Enter "ps -ef | grep slatt" to search for processes
associated with SLIP.
2. ******** VERY IMPORTANT ¢¢ *************
Kill these processes WITHOUT the -9 option. The proper
way to kill a slattach is with "kill ". If SLIP
has been defined via SMIT, severe problems could occur
if you use "kill -9". Problems can effect your system
and may cause a crash with LED 888.
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Should system crash with the 888 LED, a reboot will NOT
correct the problem. You will need to use SMIT to
remove the SLIP interface and associated tty. Use SMIT
again to reconfigure tty and SLIP.
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3. On the command line, enter "ifconfig sl# down" where #
is the number of your SLIP interface (sl0, sl1, etc.).
4. To completely remove the SLIP configuration from your
system, enter:
ifconfig sl# detach
5. If SMIT was used to add the SLIP line, use SMIT again to
remove it. This does not, however, kill the slattach.
OTHER NOTES ON SLIP
| o ** IMPORTANT NOTE: With AIX releases prior to 3.2.4,
when configuring multiple SLIP lines on a single RISC
System/6000, make sure direct or leased-line interfaces
are configured first and are the lowest numbered inter-
faces.
Example: If there are three interfaces, SL0, SL1, SL2,
and one is over leased-line, that one should be defined
as SL0. Any interfaces defined to use modems (which
take more time to setup by system) should be configured
or defined last as SL2 or SL3.
Troubleshooting: If a leased-line SLIP interface is
defined last or as a higher number (sl1 as opposed to
sl0) a problem might occur at boot time. The system may
assign it to sl0 and the user may not be aware of the
change. SLIP will be up but a ping to one address may
be crossed to another.
o A SLIP connection, when configured from the command
line, will stay in effect only until the system is reset
or powered down. This is because nothing is permanently
added to the system's startup files or the ODM database.
It is for this reason that we suggest experimenting with
SLIP first on the command line -- then, once the config-
uration is understood, add it through SMIT.
On a SLIP direct connect, no "baud rate" or "dial
string" is needed. A direct connect is where a serial
cable is run directly between two systems (no modems
involved).
o On a SLIP connection over a LEASED-LINE, no "dial
string" is needed. Leased-line is where there is a ded-
icated phone line between two modems.
o Ports MUST be disabled for SLIP (not shared or delayed,
so no getty is running on the port).
o When slattach is used to link a tty to a SLIP interface,
it will take the FIRST available SLIP interface. If
more than one exists, a problem might occur during
bootup when links to ttys might occur in the wrong order
(right tty with wrong interface and vice-versa).
o The SLIP driver is the file "/etc/network/if_sl".
o If you cannot ping or access a remote machine, the most
likely causes would be:
- Incorrect modem or port settings
Check that XON is not on either modem or port.
Verify that DTR and CD handling are set correctly in
both modems.
- Bad cabling or phone lines
Test connection with ATE or cu by dialing other
system and being able to login. This would be as a
first test but does not eliminate the chance of port
or modem problems. Use IBM cabling or cable that
has adequate shielding.
- Check modem profile. If the "Quiet Enable" (or "Q"
value) is set to "1", as with most Hayes compat-
ibles, try changing it to "0" (for example, AT&Q0).
If the TD and RD lights flicker when you ping across
SLIP, this might be your problem.
- Incorrect or conflicting network addresses
Issue a "netstat -i" to examine.
- A port is not set to "disable".
INFORMATION ON NETWORK ADDRESS TYPES (CLASSES)
Network address classes fall into the following ranges:
Class A: 0 to 128
Class B: 128 to 191
Class C: 192 to 255
Class "A" Address
###.###.###.###
| |___|___|_________ Host Address
|_____________________ Network Name
A Class A address consists of an 8-bit network address and a
24-bit local or host address. The first bit in the network
address is dedicated to indicating the network class,
leaving 7 bits for the actual network address. Since the
highest number that 7 bits can represent in binary is 128,
there are 128 possible Class A network addresses. Of the
128 possible network addresses, two are reserved for special
cases: the network address 127 is reserved for local
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loopback addresses, and a network address of all ones indi-
cates a broadcast address.
Class "B" Address
###.###.###.###
| | |___|__________ Host Address
|___|__________________ Network Name
A Class B address consists of a 16-bit network address and a
16-bit local or host address. The first two bits in the
network address are dedicated to indicating the network
class, leaving 14 bits for the actual network address.
Therefore, there are 16,384 possible network addresses and
65,536 local host addresses.
Class "C" Address
###.###.###.###
| | | |___________ Host Address
|___|___|_______________ Network Name
A Class C address consists of a 24-bit network address and
an 8-bit local host address. The first two bits in the
network address are dedicated to indicating the network
class, leaving 22 bits for the actual network address.
Therefore there are 2,097,152 possible network addresses and
256 possible local host addresses.
Class "D" Address:
NOTE: Other systems may support Class D addresses, which
are multicast addresses with the highest order bits set to
1-1-1. TCP/IP does not support Class D addresses.
NOTES ON ADDING RTS HANDSHAKING TO A TTY PORT
| For AIX levels 3.2.5 and greater, there is a field for RTS
| in the smit panel for Adding a TTY Device. For these
| levels, use smit to add RTS handshaking.
| For AIX levels before 3.2.5, use one of the methods in this
| section to add RTS handshaking.
A small C program is shown below as an example of how to add
RTS to a tty port on the 6000. Using this C program is the
easiest method to accomplish the task and can be made perma-
nent (read program comments) but, as an alternative, you
could use the stty command as follows:
If You Wish to Use stty
1. Edit the "/etc/uucp/Devices" file to contain the fol-
lowing in the leftmost column: "Direct tty# - Any
direct".
NOTE: Replace # with your tty number.
2. Remove getty on the port with "pdisable tty#".
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3. Run the command "cu -ml tty#".
4. On another terminal or session issue command:
stty add rts < /dev/tty#
5. Type "~." (that's a tilde and a period to end cu
session).
NOTE: If cu is not installed on your system, use any
available communication program to connect to the modem.
This will keep "carrier" signal high and allow the stty
command to complete.
C Program
/* C Program to Add RTS Discipline to tty Port(s).
To make the program more permanent, insert the the file name of
the compiled version (complete with path) at the end of your
"/etc/rc" file, and the changes will take effect again at next
reboot. You can modify this program to include a variable in
place of /dev/tty0 which would change in a loop to be any tty
numbers for which RTS is requested. Program is setup to change
only tty0.
NOTE: This program is supplied "as is" and is NOT supported by
IBM. It is intended as an aid to administrators only.
To create: vi addrts.c enter
To compile: cc -o addrts addrts.c
*/
/*********************** Program starts now **********************
****/
#include stdio.h
#include fcntl.h
#include termios.h
#include sys/tty.h
main()
{
int fd;
fd = open("/dev/tty0", O_NDELAY|O_RDWR);
ioctl(fd, TXADDCD, "rts"); /* adds rts to tty0 */
close(fd);
}
/*********************** Program Ends Here ***********************
*/
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