Restricting Gateway Service To Selected Networks - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Restricting Gateway Service to Selected Networks

The MacIPX gateway, by default, serves all AppleTalk networks that make up
the AppleTalk cloud. If you want the gateway to serve only selected
AppleTalk networks, you must use a configuration file called
MACIPXGW.DAT, which resides in SYS:SYSTEM.
You indicate the AppleTalk networks you want the gateway to serve—or not
serve—by placing commands in MACIPXGW.DAT with the following
syntax:
[exclude | include]
<net_number >[-net_number ]
. . . ]
The first line in the preceding example is a keyword that specifies the
following modes of inclusion:
exclude —Directs the MacIPX gateway to serve all AppleTalk networks
except those whose numbers are listed on the following lines.
include —Directs the MacIPX gateway to serve only networks whose
numbers are listed on the following lines; this is the default mode if no
keyword is specified.
The AppleTalk networks can appear as a number or range. You specify
additional network numbers or ranges by placing each network on its own
line. For example, a MACIPXGW.DAT file can contain the following
command:
exclude
10-20
This directs the gateway to serve all AppleTalk networks except 10-20 and
100. Alternatively, the MACIPXGW.DAT file can contain the following
command:
include
10-20
This directs the gateway to serve only AppleTalk networks 10-20 and 100,
excluding all others.
NOTE:
The network numbers in these examples are AppleTalk network numbers,
not IPX network numbers.
If no MACIPXGW.DAT file is found in SYS:SYSTEM, the MacIPX gateway
serves all AppleTalk networks.
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