Typical Applications

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Typical Applications

The Bridge/Router module is ideally suited for large central sites providing access for remote users to central site services over ISDN or leased lines.

This section describes four of the most common applications of the Bridge/Router module using ISDN. 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 unit. For more information about configuring the Bridge/Router Module, see the AccessBuilder ISDN Access Router Software Reference guide.

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 unit 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 unit 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.

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3Com 7000 manual Typical Applications, Novell Network

7000 specifications

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