Setting Up Slp - Novell CLIENT FOR LINUX 2.0 - ADMINISTRATION Manual

Enterprise Server Installation and Administration Guide (http://www.novell.com/documentation/
sles10/sles_admin/data/cha_slp.html).
SLP is not set up by default on Linux workstations. The Novell Client for Linux includes a Novell
Client Configuration Wizard to simplify the process of configuring your SLP and other Novell
Client configuration options. The Novell Client Configuration Wizard provides only basic SLP
configuration because this is all that is required by the client. However, if other applications on your
workstation require more advanced settings, you can modify the /etc/slp.conf file to set
advanced settings.
For more information on advanced SLP configuration, see the
www.openslp.org). In addition, the /usr/share/doc/packages/openslp directory
contains documentation on SLP, including a README.SuSE file containing the SUSE
details, several RFCs, and two introductory HTML documents (An Introduction to SLP and
OpenSLP User's Guide). RFC 2609 details the syntax of the service URLs used and RFC 2610
details DHCP via SLP.

3.4.1 Setting Up SLP

1 Launch the Novell Client Configuration Wizard using either of the following methods:
2 Select Service Location Protocol (OpenSLP), then click Start Wizard.
3 Specify the following SLP information for your network:
4 Complete the Novell Client Configuration Wizard.
5 Restart the workstation.
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Click > System Settings.
In YaST, click Network Services > Novell Client.
Scope List: Specify the scopes that a user agent (UA) or service agent (SA) is allowed
when making requests or registering, or the scopes that a directory agent (DA) must
support.
Directory Agent List: Specify the specific DAs that UA and SA agents must use. If this
setting is not used, dynamic DA discovery is used to determine which DAs to use.
Broadcast Only: Select this option to use broadcasting instead of multicasting. This
setting is not usually necessary because OpenSLP automatically uses broadcasting if
multicasting is unavailable.
SLP is designed to use IP multicasting; however, if any SLP Agent does not implement IP
multicasting, then all Agents must use broadcasting to reach that Agent. If a DA does not
support multicasting, we recommend using the Directory Agent List to configure that
Directory Agent rather than using this option.
If the network does not contain a DA, IP servers must use their own SAs to specify the
services that are available. If the SA does not support multicasting and if there are any
services advertised by that SA that are needed by the UA on this machine, then use the
Broadcast Only option.
Broadcasting has the disadvantage of being limited to the local LAN segment.
Maximum Results: Specify a 32-bit integer giving the maximum number of results to
accumulate and return for a synchronous request before the time-out, or the maximum
number of results to return through a callback if the request results are reported
asynchronously.
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