Hiding IBM i NetServer from the network

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

To hide IBM i NetServer from the network, follow these steps:

Open System i® Navigator and connect to the system you want to work with.
Expand Network > Servers.
Click TCP/IP to display a list of TCP/IP servers available.
Right-click IBM i NetServer and select Properties.
Click the Advanced tab and click the Next Start button.
Select None in the Browsing announcement interval field.

Note: Setting the browsing announcement interval to None stops the host announcements to the network. It also stops domain announcements if IBM i 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 IBM i NetServer is a logon server. The default browsing announcement interval is 720 seconds, or 12 minutes.