5.10 Configuring Broadcast Message NotificationBroadcast messages are sent to every station on the subnetwork configured. A broadcast message should cause a window to appear that will stay visible until manually closed by a user.
To enable Message Broadcast in Solaris, open a console terminal and then execute "./rpc.rwalld" under "/usr/lib/netsvc/rwall".
Make sure NETBIOS and TCP/IP are active services on your NT for message broadcasting.
Broadcast settings include:
Host Name – which should be computer name for Windows NT/98/95 but should be a host name or IP address for Unix systems such as Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, and AIX.
Message – which is the message that network stations will see when events occur. Message added here can serve as a reminder and may also provide technical contact information.
IMPORTANT:
Cross-platform broadcasts (i.e., Unix-based servers broadcasting to Windows-based network stations and vice versa) are not currently supported.
When you have finished, click Add to have NPC send event notification broadcasts to stations served by this server. Next, either enter another server to receive notices, choose another NPC item to configure, or click Close to save changes and exit the installation procedure.