Protocols Tab

Usage: Click the Help button at any time to get online help for the settings in the current tab.

This opens a World Wide Browser, such as Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer, and displays information about the settings.

To close the help display, close the browser as you would any other program. For example, in Windows 95, click the X button at the upper right of the window or choose Exit from the File menu.

With some browsers, a new window will open each time you click the Help button. If this happens, simply close each window when you're done with it.

Finding setting descriptions: At the beginning of each help window is a table of contents for the window. To go information about a particular setting, click the hyperlink (the underlined text in most browsers) for that setting in the contents. To return to the contents, use the control in your browser for going back, such as the Back button in Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer 3.0.

Usage: Click this button to send the settings shown in the Java-Based Pipeline Configurator to the Pipeline.

These new settings replace the previous settings in the Pipeline. You can use this button at any time; you do not have to enter values for all settings before updating the Pipeline.

Usage: Click this to save the settings shown in the Java-Based Pipeline Configurator in a file on your computer.

You then use your operating system's facility for specifying a name and location for the file, such as the Save To dialog box in Windows 95.

You can later open a file in which you've saved settings by clicking the Open a Configuration File button in the first window that appears when you run the Java-Based Pipeline Configurator.

You can use this button at any time; you do not have to enter values for all settings before saving settings.

Usage: Choose one of the following:

• IP

  This displays Internet Protocol (IP) settings. These settings are described in the IP settings section.

• IPX

  This displays IPX settings for Novell NetWare networks. These settings are described in the IPX settings section.

Usage: Check the box to enable bridging of protocols that are not routed.

Dependencies: Keep this additional information in mind:

• For bridging to occur, bridging must be enabled on the device to which you're connecting as well as on the Pipeline.

• For bridging to occur, the Enable Bridging checkbox for the current connection profile (viewable by opening the Connections tab, opening a connection profile, and then clicking the General button) must also be checked.

Usage: Enter the IP address of the Pipeline on the local Ethernet network.

The address consists of four numbers between 0 and 255, separated by periods. The IP address must be a valid IP address on the local Ethernet network.

Example: 10.2.1.1

Dependencies: Keep this additional information in mind:

• The value of the IP Address setting must match the IP Address setting expected by the device to which the Pipeline connects.

• If you do not know the right IP address to enter, you must obtain it from the network administrator. Do not attempt to configure an IP address by guesswork!

Usage: Click the up arrow to add bits to the subnet mask. Click the down arrow to take away bits from the subnet mask. The mask and the number of bits in the mask are shown to the right of the arrows.

Dependencies: Keep this additional information in mind:

• The value of the Subnet Mask setting must match the Subnet Mask setting expected by the device to which the Pipeline connects.

• If you do not know the right subnet mask to enter, you must obtain it from the network administrator. Do not attempt to configure the subnet mask by guesswork!