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System Management Guide: Communications and Networks

TCP/IP Reference

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) topics discussed in this section are:

List of TCP/IP Commands

chnamsv Changes Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) based name service configuration on a host.
chprtsv Changes a print service configuration on a client or server machine.
hostent Directly manipulates address-mapping entries in the system configuration database.
ifconfig Configures or displays network interface parameters for a network, using TCP/IP.
mknamsv Configures TCP/IP-based name service on a host for a client.
mkprtsv Configures TCP/IP-based print service on a host.
mktcpip Sets the required values for starting TCP/IP on a host.
no Configures network options.
rmnamsv Unconfigures TCP/IP-based name service on a host.
rmprtsv Unconfigures a print service on a client or server machine.
slattach Attaches serial lines as network interfaces.
arp Displays or changes the Internet address to hardware address translation tables used by the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP).
gettable Gets Network Information Center (NIC) format host tables from a host.
hostid Sets or displays the identifier of the current local host.
hostname Sets or displays the name of the current host system.
htable Converts host files to the format used by network library routines.
ipreport Generates a packet trace report from the specified packet trace file.
iptrace Provides interface-level packet tracing for Internet protocols.
lsnamsv Shows name service information stored in the database.
lsprtsv Shows print service information stored in the database.
mkhosts Generates the host table file.
namerslv Directly manipulates domain name server entries for local resolver routines in the system configuration database.
netstat Shows network status.
route Manually manipulates the routing tables.
ruser Directly manipulates entries in three separate system databases that control foreign host access to programs.
ruptime Displays the status of each host on a network.
securetcpip Enables the network security feature.
setclock Sets the time and date for a host on a network.
timedc Returns information about the timed daemon.
trpt Performs protocol tracing on Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) sockets.

List of TCP/IP Daemons

fingerd Provides remote user information.
ftpd Provides the server function for the Internet File Transfer Protocol (FTP) protocol.
gatedn Provides gateway routing functions for the Routing Information Protocol (RIP), Hello Protocol (HELLO), Exterior Gateway Protocol (EGP), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
inetd Provides Internet service management for a network.
named Provides the server function for the Domain Name Protocol (DOMAIN).
rexecd Provides the server function for the rexec command.
rlogind Provides the server function for the rlogin command.
routed Manages network routing tables.
rshd Provides the server function for remote command execution.
rwhod Provides the server function for the rwho and ruptime commands.
syslogd Reads and logs system messages.
talkd Provides the server function for the talk command.
telnetd Provides the server function for the TELNET protocol.
tftpd Provides the server function for the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP).
timedn Invokes the timeserver daemon at system startup time.

SMIT Fast Paths for TCP/IP

The Summary of Fast Paths in AIX Version 4.3 System Management Guide: Operating System and Devices provides the fast paths for TCP/IP system management tasks.

List of Methods

Device methods are programs associated with a device that perform basic device configuration operations. See "List of TCP/IP Programming References" in AIX Communications Programming Concepts for information about TCP/IP methods.

List of TCP/IP Files

/etc/rc.bsdnet

See "List of TCP/IP Programming References" in AIX Communications Programming Concepts for information about TCP/IP files and file formats.

List of RFCs

For a list of the RFCs (Request for Comments) supported by AIX, see the "List of TCP/IP Programming References" in AIX Communications Programming Concepts.

Getting RFCs

Many RFCs are available online. Paper copies of all RFCs are available from SRI, either individually or on a subscription basis. For more information, contact nisc@nisc.sri.com, or call 1-415-859-6387.

Online copies are available using FTP from ftp.nisc.sri.com as rfc/rfcnnnn.txt or rfc/rfcnnnn.ps (where nnnn is the RFC number without leading zeros). Additionally, RFCs may be requested through electronic mail from SRI's automated mail server by sending a message to mail-server@nisc.sri.com. In the body of the message, indicate the RFC to be sent, for example, send rfcnnnn (where nnnn is the number of the RFC). For PostScript RFCs, specify the extension, for example, send rfcnnnn.ps. Multiple requests can be sent in a single message by specifying each request on a separate line. The RFC index can be requested by typing send rfc-index.


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