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- <H1>LAN (FDDI & Ethernet)</H1>
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- The <I>WebForce Internet Gateway</I> can be connected to one or more
- Ethernet or FDDI local area networks, depending upon the number of
- these ports you have installed on the system. Because a network port
- runs software that passes data to a hardware medium (copper wire on
- the Ethernet and glass fibers on FDDI networks), this device is referred
- to as a <EM>network interface</EM>. When the server is booted, the IRIX
- operating system scans the server hardware, identifying each interface and
- assigning it a device name.
- <P>
- Although a network interface is actually a component of a server, users
- and network applications consider the interface as the server itself. Because
- systems with several network interfaces have multiple identities on the network,
- they are referred to as <VAR>multi-homed</VAR> systems. Configuring a network
- interface consists of assigning it a hostname, an Internet address,
- and a network mask, which identify the interface to users and applications.
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- Use the <A HREF="index.network1.shtml" TARGET="left">Network Interfaces</A>
- form to configure a network interface.
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