TCP Path Options

Getting there

In InfoConnect Manager 32, click Configure and select Paths. Click Add. From the Path Template drop-down, select TCP. Click Configure. Enter an IP address, select TCP as the Socket and click Configure.

Using this dialog box, you can specify various options that affect communication with the host.

Remote Port

Click the port to use:

Select

For ...

TELNET

Unisys A Series, DEC, UNIX, and IBM hosts or other hosts that use TELNET communication protocols.

FTP

Applications that use the File Transfer Protocol.

SMPT

Electronic mail.

TPO

Unisys 1100/2200 Series hosts using a Host LAN Controller (HLC), a Distributed Communications Processor (DCP) in IP router mode, or other distributed open systems applications.

TELCON

Unisys 1100/2200 Series or System 80 hosts using a Distributed Communications Processor (DCP) in gateway mode.

FINGER

Applications that provide an interface to query programs at several network sites.

OTHER

Any communication protocol not listed.

If you click Other, you must type a value in the Value text box. Refer to the documentation provided with your protocol library for information on the correct value to use.

Remote Port - Value

If you clicked any port name except OTHER, the value associated with that port appears here. To change this value, you must modify the Windows registry. Additional information.

If you clicked OTHER, type the value to use for the port. Refer to the documentation provided with your protocol library for information on the correct value to use.

Local Port - Auto selected

Select this option to let the TCP/IP Transport determine which port on your PC to use automatically.If you clear Auto selected, the TCP/IP Transport will use the local port number specified in the Value field. You can enter the number of the local port to use.

Miscellaneous options

  • Connect

    Click this option if all communication between the PC and the host will be initiated by the PC. If you click this option, you must also specify a connection time-out.

  • Timeout

    Type the number of seconds (1-65535) that the TCP/IP Transport should wait for an acknowledgment from the host that the connection is complete.

    If the TCP/IP Transport does not receive an acknowledgment within the specified amount of time, it tries to connect with the host using the Alternate IP Address Or Domain Name (if one is specified).

    If no alternate IP address or domain name is specified, or if no acknowledgment is received from that address, then a connection time-out error message appears.

  • Listen

    Click this option if all communication between the PC and the host will be initiated by the host.

Connection Type

This option indicates how the communication between the PC and the host will be initiated.

Select

To have ...

Connect

The PC initiate the communication.

Listen

The host initiate the communication.

Alternate Path

If desired, type an alternate IP address or domain name.

If the TCP/IP Transport cannot connect to the host using the IP address or domain name specified on the TCP/UDP Path Options dialog box (due to a connection time-out or an unsuccessful connection attempt), it will try to connect with the host using the IP address or domain name specified here address or domain name specified here.

Security

Choose an appropriate level of security for the alternate IP address from the dropdown list.

If you encrypt the main IP address for this connection but specify an unencrypted connection here, the session displays the following message when this connection is needed:

The encryption gateway is not available. Press OK to connect to your unencrypted backup path, or press Cancel to quit.