/SERVICE_RESPONDER
/NOSERVICE_RESPONDER
Specifies whether your system responds to special LAT multicast
messages that request service information. Some terminal servers
do not have their own service and node database. When a user on
such a terminal server requests a connection to a service, the
server sends a LAT multicast message requesting names of nodes
that offer the requested service. Service responder nodes reply
with the requested information.
If you specify /SERVICE_RESPONDER, your system responds to the
special LAT multicast messages. (If you specify /NOSERVICE_
RESPONDER, your system does not respond to those messages.)
Digital recommends that you set up only one or two nodes in
the LAN as service responder nodes. The nodes should have the
largest databases in the LAN. Use this option only if your node
allows outgoing connections (/CONNECTIONS=OUTGOING_ONLY or
/CONNECTIONS=BOTH).
If you do not specify either the /SERVICE_RESPONDER or
/NOSERVICE_RESPONDER qualifier, the default is that your system
will not respond to the special LAT multicast messages.