MultiPort/LT User Reference
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Chapter 3
3.1.
Introduction
When the MultiPort/LT is operating as an ARA Server, AppleTalk Router and IP
and DECnet Gateway, it is running a program called "MultiPort/LT Code".
This file is stored in Flash Eprom, and is run when the MultiPort/LT starts up.
3.2.
MultiPort/LT Gateway Code Startup
When the MultiPort/LT gateway code starts running, it prints the message:
Wanda (v.r): Hostname running
on the Console port, where "v" and "r" are the version and revision numbers of
the MultiPort code, and "Hostname" is the router name configured in the flash
Eprom. Note that this message will only be seen if a terminal or equivalent
(such as MGTalk on a Macintosh) is connected (Wanda is an internal project
name used for the MultiPort/LT's gateway code).
Part way through its initialisation, the MultiPort/LT attempts to register its
router name on the network as "Hostname:MultiPort/LT". This is a required
part of AppleTalk's Name Binding Protocol - see "Inside AppleTalk" for details.
If it finds that another gateway has already registered that name, it will retry
with Hostname-1, -2..-9,-A..-Z until it finds one. If that doesn't work, it tries
Hostname-00, -0A..-0Z..-10..-1Z..-Z0..-ZZ, for a total of 1331 different names.
It reports this with:
Hostname "Hostname" in use, picking another... "Hostname-1"
for as many times as it is necessary to find a unique Hostname. If the Hostname
is unconfigured, then the MultiPort/LT will substitute "MultiPort/LT S/N
XXXX".
3.3.
MultiPort/LT Gateway Code Commands
The MultiPort/LT gateway code supports a command interface which is
accessible from the Console port on the rear panel of the MultiPort/LT.
The commands it accepts fall into six categories:
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Control Commands
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Informational Commands
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Statistics Commands
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Internal Table Commands
