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diff --git a/static/v10/man8/ipconfig.8 b/static/v10/man8/ipconfig.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6fcc66c7 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man8/ipconfig.8 @@ -0,0 +1,125 @@ +.TH IPCONFIG 8 +.CT 1 sa_auto +.SH NAME +ipconfig, dkipconfig, udpconfig \- set up DARPA Internet protocols +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B /usr/ipc/mgrs/ipconfig +[ +.B -m +.I mask +] [ +.B -df +] +.I "ip-device localhost network" +.BI [ arp-device ] +.B & +.br +.B /usr/ipc/mgrs/dkipconfig +.I "gatemachine localhost remotehost" +.B & +.br +.B /usr/ipc/mgrs/udpconfig +.I udp-device +.B & +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Ipconfig +activates the DARPA Internet protocol on a communications device, +with Internet address +.I localhost +for the host +and network address +.I network +for the device. +.PP +If +.I arp-device +is specified, +the ARP address resolution protocol +is started on that device. +Option +.B -d +causes +.I ipconfig +to print ARP requests on the standard output +as they are received. +.PP +Option +.B -m +declares a subnet mask +for the network reached through +.IR ip-device . +.I Mask +may be a four-piece IP address like +.L 255.255.255.0 +or a 32-bit hexadecimal number like +.LR ffffff00 . +.PP +Option +.B -f +is a special workaround for networks with obsolete hosts. +It causes +.I ipconfig +to answer illegal ARP requests for the subnet's broadcast address +with an illegal Ethernet address, +to prevent broadcast storms. +.PP +.I Dkipconfig +places a network call to +.I gatemachine +and activates the IP protocol on the connection, +so that the remote machine becomes a gateway for the caller's IP traffic. +.I Localhost +becomes the calling machine's Internet address +through this IP interface; +.I remotehost +is the Internet address +to which local IP packets should be sent +to reach the gateway. +.PP +.I Ipconfig +and +.I dkipconfig +record unusual events and errors in +log files +.F /usr/ipc/log/ipconfig +and +.FR /usr/ipc/log/dkipconfig . +.PP +.I Udpconfig +activates the UDP datagram protocol +on the named +.IR udp-device , +usually +.FR /dev/ipudp . +Only one +.I udpconfig +is needed for the entire collection of IP networks. +.PP +These programs are usually run once from +.IR rc (8). +.SH EXAMPLES +The following calls start IP +on system +.B fs +on the first Interlan Ethernet controller, +with ARP active; +arrange for machine +.B nj/astro/research +to pass IP packets to +.BR fs ; +and activate +UDP. +.EX +/usr/ipc/mgrs/ipconfig /dev/il00 fs mh-astro-net /dev/il01 & +/usr/ipc/mgrs/dkipconfig nj/astro/research fs-dk research-dk127 & +/usr/ipc/mgrs/udpconfig /dev/ipudp & +.EE +.SH FILES +.F /usr/ipc/log/ipconfig +.br +.F /usr/ipc/log/dkipconfig +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR con (1), +.IR qns (7), +.IR route (8), +.IR tcpmgr (8) |
