Reference for Siemens 9751 CBX (Release 9005)

Step 2: Installing and configuring TCP/IP hardware and software

Install and configure TCP/IP for the communications between the CallPath Server for OS/2 computer and the client workstations. Different procedures are required for TCP/IP installation and configuration depending on your operating environment.

• See Installing and configuring TCP/IP hardware and software for a networked server for information about installing and configuring TCP/IP in a network environment.
• See Installing and configuring TCP/IP hardware and software for a stand-alone server for information about installing and configuring TCP/IP in a stand alone environment.

Installing and configuring TCP/IP hardware and software for a networked server

After installing OS/2, install the networking hardware, and install and configure TCP/IP for communications between the CallPath Server for OS/2 computer and the clients. When configuring TCP/IP, select to autostart the PortMapper from TCP/IP configuration so that it will start whenever OS/2 is started.

Installing and configuring TCP/IP hardware and software for a stand-alone server

When installing TCP/IP, use the following procedure:

1. If given the option, do not select to install LAPS (or MPTS).
2. If given the option, do not select to Configure Network Connection.
3. Select to autostart the PortMapper from the TCP/IP configuration so that it will start whenever OS/2 is started.
4. Select the loopback interface when Configuring the Network Interface Parameters. This can be done from the TCP/IP Configuration panels or it can be done by manually editing the TCP/IP files. To edit the TCP/IP files manually, you must first know their location. The location was specified in the CONFIG.SYS file during TCP/IP installation. You can obtain this information by entering set etc at the command prompt or by viewing the CONFIG.SYS file.

   For example, in the CONFIG.SYS file, you might see the following:

   set etc=c:\mptn\etc

   or

   set etc=c:\tcpip\etc

   The location of the TCP/IP files is the directory specified just before \etc in the set etc statement in the CONFIG.SYS file; in this case, either c:\mptn or c:\tcpip. This directory will be referred to as <tcp_dir> in the remaining steps.

   To select the loopback interface, do the following:

   1. Change to the <tcp_dir>\bin directory.
   2. Edit the SETUP.CMD file to include the TCP/IP loopback address by adding the following statement to the end of the file:

      ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1

   Assign an alias hostname to the loopback address.

   This can be done from the TCP/IP Configuration panels for hostnames or it can be done manually, as follows:

   1. Change to the <tcp_dir>\etc directory.
   2. Edit the HOSTS file to assign an alias for the loopback address by adding the following statement to the end of the file:

      127.0.0.1 XYZ (where XYZ is the alias)

   Note:

   Be sure to use an editor that does not embed null characters, since this interferes with TCP/IP processing of the HOSTS file.