User Guide

Setting Up 29
Filter Configuration
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August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
taken on the Exceptions list is always the opposite of the action taken
on the Filters list.
You select a filter from the list and press Enter to modify the filter
or Del to remove it. Press Ins to add a new filter. For example, you
could use a filter to hide all Marketing file servers from Engineering,
except the server named MKTG-DEMO.
6 Press Esc to exit.
NOTE: All filters affecting a primary call are automatically mapped to a configured
backup call. Optionally, the automatic mapping of filtering can be disabled with the
LOAD FILTSRV NOBACKUP command. With automatic mapping of filtering
disabled, you can configure a selective filtering scheme that is specific to the
needs of a backup link. The primary call and its associated backup call should use
the same remote system ID. For information on configuring backup calls, refer to
"Configuring Backup Calls."
How to Save Filters to a Text File
To save your filter information to a text file, complete the following steps:
1 Load FILTCFG.
The Filter Configuration Available Options menu is displayed.
2 Select Save Filters to a Text File, then press Enter.
3 Enter the pathname for the filter file.
For example, enter SYS:\ETC\TEMP . You can also save the filter file
to a floppy disk (for example, A:\filename).
Configuring IPX Filters
The Internetwork Packet Exchange
TM
(IPX
TM
) protocol supports the
following types of filters:
 SAP (service information) filters
 Outgoing SAP filters (services advertised)
 Incoming SAP filters (services accepted)
 RIP (routing information) filters
 Outgoing RIP filters (routes advertised)
 Incoming RIP filters (routes accepted)
 NetBIOS and packet forwarding filters