/ANNOUNCEMENTS
       /NOANNOUNCEMENTS

    Allows you to control whether your OpenVMS system multicasts
    information to the network.

    If you specify /NOANNOUNCEMENTS, LAT service announcements are
    disabled on the local node. Remote nodes must rely on the LAT
    service responder feature in the LAT protocol V5.2 or higher to
    connect to the local node. Therefore, Digital recommends that
    you use this qualifier only in a networking environment where
    newer model terminal servers and hosts are present (all LAT
    hosts, terminal servers, and PCs are running LAT protocol V5.2
    or higher).

    If you specify /NOANNOUNCEMENTS in an environment where LAT
    protocol V5.1 is present, those LAT protocol V5.1 systems (for
    example, DECserver 100, 200, and 500 systems) will be unable to
    connect to any of the systems that have LAT service announcements
    disabled.