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General Description
The "Network Control Center" utility is used to configure, verify dedicated network interfaces and trace network activity for a CHARON network.
Open the CHARON Virtual Machines Machine Manager, switch to the "Host Information & Utilities" tab and press the "Network Control Center" button:
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Installation of CHARON network drivers
By default a CHARON network driver is automatically installed by the CHARON installation procedure.
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Press the "Finish" button to exit.
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Deinstallation of the CHARON network driver
Start the utility and select "Install/Upgrade"; press the "Next" button:
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Press the "Finish" button to exit.
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Configuring the host network interfaces for CHARON
Start the utility, select "Configure NIC" and press the "Next" button:
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The next dialog helps to define the correct lines for the CHARON configuration file. Select the target emulated network adapter and press the "Copy suggestions to clipboard" button:
It is possible to paste the content of the clipboard to the CHARON configuration file as shown in the example below:
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Press the "Finish" button to exit.
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Release of the host network interfaces
Start the utility, select "Configure NIC" and press the "Next" button:
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Press the "Finish" button to exit.
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Troubleshooting the CHARON network interfaces configuration
Start the utility, select "Troubleshoot NIC dedicated for CHARON" and press the "Next" button:
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Press the "Finish" button to exit.
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Disable "offload" parameters
The Network Control Center is able to disable "offload" parameters for CHARON. It is highly recommended to disable them to avoid problems with TCP/IP networking.
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Please note to restart the CHARON host to enable this settings.
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For additional information regarding disabling this and other offload parameters, please refer to in chapter Charon-VAX/PDP for Windows installation > Network configuration.
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Monitoring the CHARON network activity
The Network Control Center is able to monitor CHARON network activity. This function is available only if CHARON is running.
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Press the "Finish" button to exit.
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