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This section describes four of the most common 

 

applications of the OfficeConnect Remote. All of 

 

these configurations can be carried out using the 

 

 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 

 

 guide 

 

will help you do this.

 

The four typical applications are:

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Connecting to a Novell Network.

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Connecting to an IP host on the same IP network.

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Connecting to an IP host on another IP network.

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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 

 

 option as many times as is needed.

 

 

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 

 

 

 

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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