Managing The Host Table - Nortel 2000 User Manual

Chapter 1 Network Administration

Managing the Host Table

Remote Annex Administrator's Guide for UNIX
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Using tap, you can:
• Observe the output to the port. The command also displays
keystrokes entered from your terminal as output to the port you
are tapping as if they had been entered on the port.
• Find out exactly what users are seeing on their terminals from a
remote location.
• Provide on-line advice and instructions to users at their
terminals.
• Monitor traffic in both directions on the port, especially
incoming special conditions, such as line breaks and special
characters.
Under certain circumstances, the order of displayed data may not match
the actual time sequence of the events. All input and output data is
displayed. Special characters and control line changes are stored in a
limited buffer. If these changes occur too rapidly, they may be lost.
The host table contains this information for each host:
• Host name.
• Aliases (if any).
• IP address.
• Multiple IP addresses (if any).
• System status (if the entry is updated by RWHO).
• Load factor (if the entry is updated by RWHO).
• Number of users (if the entry is updated by RWHO).
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