Hello Laurens,

it depends on the value of the variable 'ipForwarding' which is located in :

.iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib-2.ip

if its value is 'forwarding' then Netview decides the node is a router.

Regards,
Bernard Baudoux
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rauwers, Laurens [SMTP:rauwers AT hitt DOT nl]
> Sent: Friday, 15 September, 2000 15:50
> To:   'IBM NetView Discussion'
> Subject:      [NV-L] When is a node a router for NetView
> 
> Hello list,
> Running NV5.1.2 on Solaris 2.7
> 
> We have nodes in our system which have the object fields isIPRouter,
> isConnector, isRouter set to TRUE.
> The system administrator says that the node is NOT configured as a Router.
> 
> Can someone tell me what brings NetView to the conclusion that it is a
> Router?
> I guess it is something in MIB-2, but I can't find what.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Laurens Rauwers
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