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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
