User Guide

TCP/IP Database Files 109
NetWare TCP/IP Administration Guide
103-000151-001
August 30, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
The IP_address is a 4-byte address in standard dotted decimal notation. Each
byte is a decimal, hexadecimal, or octal value and is separated by a period.
Hexadecimal numbers must start with the character pair 0x or 0X; octal
numbers must start with 0.
The host_name is the name of the system associated with this IP address. The
name cannot contain a space, tab, pound sign (#), or end-of-line character.
Each hostname must be unique.
The alias is another name for the same system. Typically, this is a shorter
name. A single host can have from 1 to 10 aliases. For example, the host sales
could have the following address and aliases:
129.0.9.5 sales sa saleshost
The sample file SYS:\ETC\SAMPLES\HOSTS is included with the TCP/IP
software. When you are configuring TCP/IP for the first time, copy the sample
HOSTS file from SYS:\ETC\SAMPLES to SYS:\ETC. You then edit the
SYS:\ETC\HOSTS file. You can change your configuration at any time by
editing your existing SYS:\ETC\HOSTS file.
NETWORKS File
The SYS:\ETC\NETWORKS file contains information about the networks in
your internetwork. Each entry provides information about one network. An
entry cannot extend beyond one line. Figure 16 shows a sample NETWORKS
file.
Figure 16 Sample NETWORKS File
The NETWORKS file entry has the following format:
network_name network_number [/network_mask] [alias [...]]