TCP/IP Network Characteristics 7-1
Chapter 7
TCP/IP Network Characteristics
Overview
Introduction
This chapter describes the configuration characteristics for a TCP/IP network. To
enable the access server to operate on a TCP/IP network, you need to:
1)
Configure the Internet address and subnet mask.
2)
Configure the TCP/IP characteristics, for example:
• List of commonly used Internet hosts
• List of gateway addresses
• List of ARP entries
• TCP keepalive timer
3)
Configure domain name characteristics.
In addition, you can configure the access server to automatically learn IP information
from other types of servers on the network.
In This Chapter
This chapter contains the following topics:
• Configuring the Internet Address and Subnet Mask
• Configuring Domain Name System (DNS) Characteristics
• Configuring a List of Internet Gateway Addresses
• Configuring a List of Internet ARP Entries
• Displaying the Internet Counters
• Setting the TCP Keepalive Timer
• Learning IP Information From a BOOTP Server
