pcimapsvr.ip(1M)


pcimapsvr.ip -- listen for broadcasts from connection server daemons

Synopsis

pcimapsvr.ip [-m data] [-n data] [-s] [-D value] [-I addr] [-S]
pcimapsvr.ip -V

Description

pcimapsvr.ip is a daemon that listens for broadcast requests for site maps and for broadcasts from pciconsvr.ip processes announcing their presence.

The following options can be entered on the pcimapsvr.ip command line:

-m data
Specifies mapping options that override the system defaults. There are several mapping options, such as allowing remote subnet map requests and the type of filtering to be provided for any map. When the default settings for these options is not appropriate for your site, you can override them with -m options.

Since the possible set of options is dependent on the specific network environment, these options are grouped together under this single flag.

If you are allowing broadcasts from nonconnected networks (such as through a router or dedicated gateway), you must use the -m r=y option. This option tells the map server that it should send maps to any request, even if that request originated on another (remote) subnet.

If you are using this host as a gateway, you may also want to allow the host to respond to any map requests that arrive on one subnet with a map that contains the hosts on all the directly connected subnets. To do this, specify the -m f=gateway option.

-n data
Specifies a network addressing option that is to override the default. There are several network addressing options, such as port numbers, broadcast address type, and so forth, that have internal default values. In rare cases, such as a network addressing conflict, it may be necessary to specify one or more of these options.

Since the possible set of options is dependent on the specific network environment, these options are grouped together under this single flag. In the rare event that you should need to change the default settings for this option, contact your PC-Interface server vendor's support organization.

-s
Specifies that administrator-supplied internet addresses are to supplement the system-supplied configuration, rather than to replace them. (See the -I option.)

-D value
Turns on the log file, using the specified channels. It should be the first option in the options list for pcimapsvr.ip so that any faults in the parameter list can be logged.

-I addr
Specify an explicit internet address triplet. In rare cases, the network interface configuration as provided by the system is insufficient or invalid. This option allows the user to specify an address explicitly, and multiple instances may be used to specify multiple addresses. When this option is specified, the system-provided configuration is not used unless the -s option is also specified. The format for an address triplet is:

local-addr,broadcast-addr,subnet-mask

where the local-addr, broadcast-addr, and subnet-mask are the standard notation for local address, broadcast address, and subnet mask, respectively. If either the broadcast address or subnet mask isn't specified, it is interpreted from the local address, which must be specified.

-S
Specifies a single host address for pcimapsvr.ip. In some cases, you might not want to provide connection service using the system-provided interface list, but instead by standard host name as provided by /etc/hosts or by a name server.

-V
displays the internal version number for the program.

30 January 1998
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