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Novell Help Librarian | 1990-05-29 | 2.5 KB | 53 lines |
- Novell Help Librarian Data File Version 1.00
- COPYRIGHT (c) 1985 by Novell, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- Viewing the List of Nodes Help 1 of 3
- While viewing the list, press <Escape> to
- change the timer values or exit the program
- and stop this test.
- Use the arrow keys and page keys to move
- through the list.
- Items on the list are explained on the next
- screen.
- Viewing the List of Modes Help 2 of 3
- Network: the Network ID if available.
- Node: the Physical Node ID if available.
- Unique User Information: the characters that
- were entered when the program was started.
- Date and Time: the last time a packet was
- received or transmitted by this machine.
- Viewing the List of Modes Help 3 of 3
- The asterisk on the right indicates which
- line is the local information from the machine
- you looking at.
- Highlighted lines indicate nodes from which
- this machine has not received a packet within
- the dead timout period.
- Options Help 1 of 2
- You can select the following timer values.
- BROADCAST DELAY PERIOD: the number of seconds
- between broadcasts from this station.
- Default: 15 seconds
- DEAD TIMEOUT PERIOD: the time period within
- which a transmission must be received from
- another station or that station is assumed to be
- "dead." If no transmission is received,
- information about the transmitting station is
- highlighted to indicate that it's probably dead.
- Default: 60 seconds
- COMCHECK Command Line Arguments Help 2 of 2
- All functions of COMCHECK are available from
- the command line like this:
- >COMCHECK /Bx /Dx nnn...
- /Bx Broadcast delay time in seconds.
- /Dx Dead timer value in seconds.
- x Up to four decimal digits.
- nnn... Unique user information.
- Unique User Information Help 1 of 1
- This information is included in the broadcast
- that is made from this station at regular
- intervals. It must be something that uniquely
- identifies this station such as location,
- phone number, etc.
- This allows duplicate node addresses to be
- detected.
-