In order to establish connections between networked PCs and a host, InfoConnect Airlines Gateway has to receive connection requests from the networked PCs and then establish a connection with the host. It does this using paths. A path is simply a named set of configuration data about the connection.
The Airlines Gateway uses two kinds of paths:
Host paths, which connect the Gateway to the host using one of the three Gateway transports (SABREGW, MATIPGW, or ATSTCPGW).
Host paths can be created using the Configuration Translation wizard or the Add Host Paths wizard.
Listening paths, which the client PC uses to connect to the Gateway using the AIRGATE transport or another Gateway-compatible transport.
Listening paths specify the destination host. Although they are created by the Airlines Gateway, they must be configured at the client.
A configuration translation maps a host path to a listening path. Configuration translations are created using the Configuration Translation wizard. Gateway Administrator is an application that you can use to create, modify, and delete the paths used to establish connections between the networked PCs and the host.
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