HOB Gateways

HOB Gateway ABIPGW02

Overview

The ABIPGW02 gateway runs under AIX. The ABIPGW02 gateway redirects IP packets from a client to a server. It can be used if a direct connection between client and server is not possible or not desired. You can also use ABIPGW02 in the "'demilitarized zone."

Prerequisites

The ABIPGW02 gateway runs under AIX. It was compiled under AIX 4.3.

Usage

ABIPGW02 reads its configuration parameters from an .ini-file. The .ini-file can be edited with any usual ASCII-editor. Please note that this .ini file observes the conventions for .ini files under Windows NT.

When ABIPGW02 is started, the first parameter specifies the name of the .ini-file.

Example:

ABIPGW02 xyz.ini

The ini file can contain several sections whose name start with GATE and specify the parameters of the connections to the clients and to the servers.

Each section contains the following parameters:

GATEPORT	Port of the gateway.
SERVERINETA	IP address of the server to be connected.
SERVERPORT	Port of the server to be connected.
TIMEOUT	Timeout (value 0 up to nnn seconds of inactivity). Note: As IP is a connectionless protocol, a timeout should be set. We recommend a timeout from one hour to one day. If the value 0 is used, the connection will not be monitored.

Example:

[GATET01]
GATEPORT=4097
SERVERINETA=hobz01k.hob.de
SERVERPORT=4097
TIMEOUT=7200
[GATET02]
GATEPORT=4098
SERVERINETA=hobz01d.hob.de
SERVERPORT=4097
TIMEOUT=7200

webmaster@hobsoft.com, Last Updated: 12. Oct 09