Hiding iSeries NetServer from the network

 

For an added measure of security, you can hide iSeries™ NetServer™ from the Windows® My Network Places.

To hide iSeries NetServer from the network, follow these steps:

  1. Open iSeries Navigator and connect to the system you want to work with.

  2. Expand Network > Servers.

  3. Click TCP/IP to display a list of TCP/IP servers available.

  4. Right-click iSeries NetServer and select Properties.

  5. Click the Advanced tab and click the Next Start button.

  6. Select None in the Browsing announcement interval field.

Setting the browsing announcement interval to None stops the host announcements to the network. It also stops domain announcements if iSeries NetServer is configured as a logon server and might cause problems for logon services for some networks. In general, the default browsing announcement interval should be kept if iSeries NetServer is a logon server. The default browsing announcement interval is 720 seconds, or 12 minutes.

 

Parent topic:

iSeries NetServer security
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iSeries NetServer does not appear in Windows My Network Places