Route Strings
A route string describes the stations of a connection required between two hosts. A route string has the syntax:
(/H/host/S/service/W/pass)*
A route string contains a substring for each SAProuter and for the target server. Each substring contains the information required by SAProuter to set up a connection in the route: the host name, the port name, and the password, if one was given.
A route string can contain any number of “Substrings”.
A SAProuter always checks only the previous host name or the previous IP address and the next substring (/H/.../S/.../W/..) for host name or IP address, service and password. The last substring does not contain a password, since there is no successor in the route.
If the /S/ section is missing, the default port number of the SAProuter is used. If the /W/ section is missing, a password is not used.
| /H/ | indicates the host name |
| /S/ | Specifis the service (port). This information is optional. The default value is 3299. |
| /W/ | Inicates the password for the connection between the predecessor and successor on the route. This information is optional. The default is "" (no password). |
Note that the host name must be at least two characters long.
H, S, and W must be uppercase!
In earlier Releases (<4.0A), the password entry was made one substring later and with the letter /P/.
New: /H/saprouter/W/pass/H/targetserver
Old: /H/saprouter/H/targetserver/P/pass
(Here pass is the password which is checked by the SAProuter on host saprouter to set up or prohibit the connection from the source host to the target host.)
Due to downward compatibility, the old password entry form is still possible.