Starts the LAT port driver, sets service  node  characteristics,  and
 activates specific link(s) for your service node.

 Before issuing this command, however,  you  must  invoke  the  System
 Generation Utility (SYSGEN) to load the LAT port driver and the first
 LT: template Unit Control Block (UCB) as follows:

 $ RUN SYS$SYSTEM:SYSGEN
 SYSGEN> CONNECT LTA0: /NOADAPTER

 Note that use of the  SYSGEN  CONNECT  command  requires  the  CMKRNL
 privilege.

 After the LAT port driver is activated, you  can  dynamically  modify
 your  node  characteristics  with SET NODE.  Also, if DECnet is to be
 started on your node, start  DECnet  before  starting  the  LAT  port
 driver, or specify /DECNET on the START NODE command.

 The STOP  NODE  command  clears  the  current  node  characteristics.
 Invoke the LTLOAD.COM file to start LAT on your node, or set the node
 characteristics manually before starting LAT.

 Format:

    START NODE node-name

Additional information available:

node-name

/DECNET/DISABLE/ENABLE/IDENTIFICATION/LINK/LOG
/MULTICAST_TIMER

 Specifies the  name  of  your  service  node.   The  default  is  the
 translation of the SYS$NODE logical name.

 /DECNET
 /NODECNET

 Specifies whether to use the extended DECnet address or the  hardware
 address  when starting the Ethernet controller.  If /DECNET is given,
 the extended DECnet address will be set into the Ethernet controller.
 If /NODECNET is specified, the controller's hardware address is  used
 as the device's physical address.  If neither of the above qualifiers
 is   specified,  the  address  to  use  is  obtained  from  the  link
 characteristics set using the CREATE LINK and SET LINK commands.  For
 more information on the use of addresses by the Ethernet  controller,
 see the User's Guide for the particular Ethernet controller in use.

 /DISABLE=group-list

 Removes previously enabled groups from your service node.  There  are
 256  groups,  numbered  from  0  through 255.  When you enter a group
 list, enclose the list in parenthesis, and use commas (,) to separate
 individual  groups.   Use the SHOW CHARACTERISTICS command to look at
 the groups that are enabled for your service node.

 /ENABLE=group-list

 Gives your service node access to the specified  groups.   There  are
 256  groups,  numbered  from  0  through  255.   Enclose  the list in
 parenthesis and use commas (,) to separate  individual  groups.   The
 default is to enable only group 0.

 /IDENTIFICATION="identification-string"

 Specifies a  description  for  your  service  node.   The  string  is
 advertised to terminal servers in the multicast messages sent by your
 service node.  Enclose the  string  in  quotation  marks  ("").   The
 string  can  have  up to 64 ASCII characters and cannot begin with an
 ampersand (&).  Nonprintable characters  are  translated  as  spaces.
 The default is the translation of the logical name SYS$ANNOUNCE.

 /LINK=link-list

 Specifies the name of the link(s) that you  want  activated  on  your
 service  node.   If  you do not specify a link, all defined links are
 started.  You can supply a  list  of  links.   Enclose  the  list  in
 parenthesis,  and  separate the link names with commas.  The  link(s)
 that you specify must have been created previously  with  the  CREATE
 LINK command.

 /LOG   (D)
 /NOLOG

 Specifies  whether  your  service  node  characteristics  are  to  be
 displayed when this command is executed.

 /MULTICAST_TIMER=seconds

 Specifies the time, in seconds, between the  multicast  messages  for
 service  announcements.  The minimum value is 10 seconds; the maximum
 value is 255 seconds.  The default is 60 seconds.