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Examples of Typical ISDN Networking
Applications
This section describes four of the most common
applications of the OfficeConnect Remote. All of
these configurations can be carried out using the
Quick Configuration
option and no further
configuration is necessary to make the unit
operational. However, you may want to fine tune
the performance of the OfficeConnect Remote.
The
information provided in the
Software Reference
guide
will help you do this.
The four typical applications are:
■
Connecting to a Novell Network.
■
Connecting to an IP host on the same IP network.
■
Connecting to an IP host on another IP network.
■
Connecting to the Internet or a PPP router.
You may need to combine two or more of these
applications to provide full connectivity to your
network. This is easily done by repeating the
Quick
Configuration
option as many times as is needed.
Novell Network
Many organizations base their local area networks
on Novell NetWare servers and users may need to
access information stored on servers in other
locations. If you are using ISDN to connect to the
remote site, you can configure the OfficeConnect
Remote to automatically call and connect to remote
Novell servers when connection is required.
During configuration, once you have entered the
ISDN number for the remote site, the OfficeConnect
Remote makes a call to the remote site and
autodiscovers the Novell servers on that network. It is
then able to autocall the remote site whenever a
connection to one of the remote servers is
requested. To the user at the local site it will appear
as though the server is on the same network.
When no data is being passed between the workstation
and server, the OfficeConnect Remote closes the ISDN
connection and the units at each end of the link
spoof
the Novell IPX protocol so that both the workstation
and server believe the connection is still valid. As soon
as the unit identifies that data needs to be passed to
the server, the ISDN connection is re-established
without the user being aware of ever being
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