NET$MGMT_HELP.HLB  —  routing  CHARACTER
     AREA AUTHENTICATION TYPE
         Support: L1,IP
         Default: None                      Value: None or Simple

         Type of authentication to be used for level 1 LSPs, PSNPs, and CSNPs.

     AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM NUMBER
         Support: IP
         Default: 0                          Value: 1-65535

         Autonomous system number of the local system. This characteristic is
         supported only if the value of the routing protocols supported
         characteristic includes EGP. You can modify this characteristic only
         when the status attribute routing state is off.

     DNA ADDRESS FORMAT
         Support: End
         Default: True                        Value: Boolean

         If true, specifies that NSAP addresses are DNA structured, and that
         NSAP address autoconfiguring is possible. If false, this specifies
         that NSAP addresses for this node are constructed from the
         characteristic manual network entity titles and the selectors
         supplied by the transport protocol module NSP and/or OSI transport.

     DOMAIN AUTHENTICATION TYPE
         Support: L2,IP
         Default: None                         Value: None or simple

         Type of authentication to be used for level 2 LSPs, PSNPs, and CSNPs.

     GENERATE CHECKSUMS
         Support: All
         Default: False                         Value: Boolean

         If true, specifies that checksums are generated for data, error
         report, and ES-IS PDUs initiated by this node. If false, these
         checksums are not generated. It is strongly recommended that, for
         performance reasons, you use the default value indicating no checksum
         generation.

     IP REASSEMBLY TIME
         Support: IP
         Default: 10                             Value: 1-255

         Maximum time, in seconds, for which IP fragments are held while
         awaiting reassembly.

     LIFETIME
         Support: All
         Default: 63                             Value: 2-255

         Value to be placed in the <quote>lifetime field of originating data
         packets. This value should be greater than the maximum number of hops
         in any path in the network, plus the maximum packet lifetime in
         half-seconds.

     MANUAL AREA ADDRESSES
         Support: L1,L2
         Default: No area address                 Value: Set of area addresses

         Area addresses to be used for this node.  An area address cannot be a
         Phase IV address or the address DefaultArea.  If the characteristic
         manual L1 algorithm has the  value routing vector, this set must
         be empty, and the characteristic phaseiv address must not be 0.0.  If
         the characteristic phaseiv address is 0.0, there must be at least one
         area address.

     MANUAL L1 ALGORITHM
         Support: L1
         Default: Routing Vector                   Value: see below

         Type of routing algorithm to be used within the area.  You can modify
         this characteristic only when the entity is disabled.

         link state     - The DECnet-Plus link-state algorithm is used.
         routing vector - The Phase IV routing-vector algorithm is used.

     MANUAL L2 ALGORITHM
         Support: L2
         Default: Routing Vector                  Value: see below

         Type of routing algorithm to be used at level 2.  You can modify this
         characteristic only when the entity is disabled.

         LINK STATE -     The DECnet-Plus link-state algorithm is used.

         ROUTING VECTOR - The Phase IV routing-vector algorithm is used.

     MANUAL NETWORK ENTITY TITLES
         Support: End
         Default: No NETS                         Value: set of NETS

         Network entity titles NETs to be used for this node.  If the
         characteristic dna address format is set to false, there must be
         at least one NET.

     MAXIMUM BUFFERS
         Default: 100                             Value: 1-65535

         Specifies the guaranteed number of buffers for forwarding.   More
         buffers may be used if they are available. You can only increase the
         characteristic value.

     MAXIMUM PATH SPLITS
         Support: L1,L2
         Default: 2                               Value: 1-32

         Maximum number of equal cost paths to split traffic between. You can
         modify this characteristic only when the entity is disabled.

     MINIMUM LSP TRANSMISSION INTERVAL
         Support: L1,L2

         Specifies the minimum interval in seconds between transmissions of
         an LSP from a particular source. When changed the timer must be  reset.

     PHASEIV ADDRESS
         Support: All
         Default 0.0                             Value: Phase IV address

         Specifies a Phase IV compatible address for communication with other
         Phase IV nodes. The default address, 0.0, indicates that no Phase IV
         compatible address is provided for the node. You can modify this
         characteristic only when the entity is disabled.

     PHASEIV AREA MAXIMUM COST
         Support: L2
         Default: 1022                           Value: 1-1022

         Maximum cost of a path to a reachable Phase IV area.  This
         characteristic is only used by the Phase IV routing algorithm that is,
         the routing-vector algorithm.

     PHASEIV AREA MAXIMUM HOPS
         Support: L2
         Default: 30                             Value: 1-30

         Maximum number of hops in a path to a reachable Phase IV area. This
         characteristic is only used by the Phase IV routing  algorithm that
         is, the routing-vector algorithm.

     PHASEIV BROADCAST ROUTING TIMER
         Support: L1,L2
         Default: 10                              Value: 1-65535

         Maximum interval, in seconds, between broadcast routing messages on
         broadcast circuits. This characteristic is only used by the Phase IV
         routing algorithm that is, the routing-vector algorithm.

     PHASEIV BUFFER SIZE
         Support: All
         Default: 576                             Value: 1-65535

         Size, in octets, of buffers used for routing to adjacent Phase IV
         nodes. This value is actually six octets greater than the maximum
         buffer size, and does not include the headers for the Routing and
         Data Link layers.

     PHASEIV MAXIMUM ADDRESS
         Support: L1,L2
         Default: 1023                           Value: 1-1023

         Maximum node number within the Phase IV area. This characteristic is
         only used by the Phase IV routing algorithm that is, the
         routing-vector algorithm.

     PHASEIV MAXIMUM AREA
         Support: L2
         Default: 63                              Value: 1-63

         Maximum Phase IV area number. This characteristic is only used by the
         Phase IV routing algorithm that is, the routing-vector algorithm.

     PHASEIV MAXIMUM COST
         Support: L1,L2
         Default: 1022                            Value: 1-1022

         Maximum cost of a path to a reachable node within the Phase IV area.
         This characteristic is only used by the Phase IV routing algorithm
         that is, the routing-vector algorithm.

     PHASEIV MAXIMUM HOPS
         Support: L1,L2
         Default: 30                              Value: 1-30

         Maximum number of hops in a path to a reachable node within the Phase
         IV area. This characteristic is only used by the Phase IV routing
         algorithm that is, the routing-vector algorithm.

     PHASEIV MAXIMUM VISITS
         Support: All
         Default: 63                              Value: 1-63

         Maximum number of visits that a packet can make to this node before
         Routing assumes that the packet is looping. This characteristic is only
         used by the Phase IV routing algorithm that is, the routing-vector
         algorithm.

     PHASEIV PREFIX
         Support: All
         Default: Hex 49                          Value: address prefix

         Prefix for Phase IV addresses. If the characteristic phaseiv address
         is not 0.0, a DECnet-Plus area address is formed by adding the area
         portion of the Phase IV address to this prefix. You can modify this
         characteristic only when the entity is disabled.

     PROBE RATE
         Support: End
         Default: 20                              Value: 1-65535

         Number of packets after which a probe is sent.  This characteristic is
         used only on multilink end systems, on circuits without cache entries
         for the destination.

     PROTOCOLS
         Support: IP
         Default:                                 Value: IP or ISO8473

         The protocol stacks that are enabled on this system. These can be
         either or both of the above values. The value of this characteristic
         derives from an argument to the create command. You cannot modify
         this characteristic.

     REDIRECT HOLDING TIME
         Support: L1,L2
         Default: 600                             Value: 1-65535

         Holding time, in seconds, to be specified in Redirect PDUs generated
         by this node.

     RIP RECEIVE METRIC CLASS
         Support: L2,IP
         Default: External                        Value: External or Internal

         The class to be associated with routes received through RIP. This
         value may be overridden by a routing receive route entity. This
         characteristic is supported only if the routing protocols supported
         characteristic includes the RIP routing protocol.

     RIP SEND LOCAL METRIC
         Support: L2,IP
         Default: 1                              Value: 0-16

         The metric value used by RIP when announcing routes derived from local
         information. This value is used unless it is overridden by a routing
         send route entity. This characteristic is supported only if the
         routing protocols supported characteristic includes the RIP routing
         protocol.

     RIP SEND METRIC CLASSES
         Support: L2,IP
         Default: Internal                      Value: set of external, internal

         Routes received through routing protocols other than RIP with metric
         classes in this set are candidates for announcement in RIP messages
         subject to the route propagation policy in force. Routes with metric
         classes not in this set will not be announced.  Each value in this set
         may be overridden separately by a more specific propagation policy
         specified by a routing send route or routing send route route
         source entity. This characteristic is supported only if the routing
         protocols supported characteristic includes the RIP routing protocol.

     RIP SEND REPLACEMENT METRIC
         Support: L2,IP
         Default: 1                           Value: 0-16

         The metric value used by RIP when announcing routes derived through
         other routing protocols. This value is used unless it is overridden by
         a routing send route entity. This characteristic is supported only
         if the routing protocols supported characteristic includes the RIP
         routing protocol.

     ROUTE PROPAGATION
         Support: L2,IP
         Default: No Route Propagation         Value: set of protocol pairs

         The default route propagation to be performed. The set may include
         the following protocol pairs:

         EGP to IS-IS      IS-IS to RIP
         EGP to RIP        RIP   to EGP
         IS-IS to EGP

         If a particular value is not present in the set, routes are not
         propagated between those two protocols in that direction. This
         characteristic is supported only if the routing protocols supported
         characteristic includes either of the EGP or RIP routing protocols.

     ROUTING PROTOCOLS SUPPORTED
         Support: L2,IP

         The set of routing protocols supported by this implementation. You
         cannot modify this characteristic.

         EGP
         IS-IS
         RIP

     SEGMENT BUFFER SIZE
         Support: All
         Default: 570                           Value: 0-65535

         Maximum segment size, in octets, to be used by the Transport layer. A
         value of zero means that the segment size is unlimited.

     SEND SOURCE QUENCH
         Support: L1,L2,IP
         Default: False                         Value: Boolean

         Specifies whether an ICMP source quench packet is sent when an IP
         packet is discarded because of congestion. If false, ICMP source
         quench packets are never sent.

     SOURCE QUENCH INTERVAL
         Support: L1,L2,IP
         Default: 100                           Value: 1-65535

         Minimum time, in milliseconds, between transmission of successive
         ICMP source quench packets.

     SUMMARY ADDRESSES
         Support: L2,IP
         Default: No address                     Value: Set of summary addresses

         Summary address information to be included in level 2 link state
         packets sent by this node.

     TIME TO LIVE
         Support: IP
         Default: 35                             Value: 1-255

         Specifies the value to be placed in the time to live field of
         originating IP packets. This value should be greater than the maximum
         number of hops in any path on the network.

     TYPE
         Support: All
         Default: No default                     Value: see below

         Routing type of this node. You cannot modify this characteristic.

         ENDNODE  - The node is an end node.

         L1router - The node is a level 1 router.

         L2router - The node is a level 2 router.

     VERSION

         Version number of the DNA Network Routing layer architecture
         specification to which this implementation conforms. You cannot modify
         this characteristic.
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