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Gateway Routing Daemon (GATED)
Configuration Reference
This appendix describes how to configure the Gateway Routing Daemon
(GATED).
A.1 The GATED Configuration File
You must configure the GATED protocols before starting GATED routing
by editing the configuration file TCPIP$GATED.CONF, located in
SYS$SYSDEVICE:[TCPIP$GATED]. A template file TCPIP$GATED.TEMPLATE
is also available in this directory.
The file TCPIP$GATED.CONF contains statements that select routing protocols,
manage routing information, manage independent system routing and control
tracing options.
After editing the configuration, enter the TCP/IP management command
TCPIP START ROUTING/GATED to start the GATED process. If the
configuration file is not formatted correctly, GATED will not be able to parse
the file and GATED will terminate.
If you make changes to the GATED configuration file after the GATED
process is already running, you must stop GATED by entering the command
TCPIP STOP ROUTING/GATED. Then restart the GATED process to make the
changes take affect.
See Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Management Command Reference
for detailed descriptions of the SET GATED and START ROUTING/GATED
commands.
A.2 Configuration File Statement Syntax
Parameters shown in brackets ([]) show optional keywords and parameters. The
vertical bar (|) indicates a choice of optional parameters. Parentheses (()) group
keywords and parameters, when necessary. For example:
[backbone | (area area)]
In this example, the brackets indicate that either parameter is optional. The
keywords are backbone and area . The vertical bar indicates that either backbone
or area area can be specified. Because area is in italics, it is a parameter that
you provide.
The following comment styles are valid in a GATED configuration file.
(Comments may appear anywhere in the file.)
• A pound sign (#)
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