Configure TCP/IP using the character-based interface

Use this method if you are unable to use the EZ-Setup wizard.

If you are unable to use the iSeries™ Navigator's EZ-Setup wizard, use the character-based interface instead. For example, if you want to use iSeries Navigator from a PC that requires basic TCP/IP configuration before iSeries Navigator will run, then you should use the character-based interface to perform the basic configuration.

To perform the configuration steps discussed in this section, you need *IOSYSCFG special authority in your user profile. For more information about this type of authority, see the chapter on user profiles in iSeries Security Reference Link to PDF.

To configure TCP/IP using the character-based interface, follow these steps:

  1. On the command line, type GO TCPADM to display the TCP/IP Administration menu, and then press Enter.
  2. Specify option 1 (Configure TCP/IP) to display the Configure TCP/IP menu (CFGTCP), and then press Enter. Use this menu to select configuration tasks. Take a few moments to review the menu before starting to configure your server.

Perform the following steps to configure TCP/IP on your server.

  1. Configure a line description (Ethernet)
  2. Turn on IP datagram forwarding
  3. Configure an interface
  4. Configure a route
  5. Define local domain and host names
  6. Define a host table
  7. Start TCP/IP
Parent topic: Configure TCP/IP for the first time