Black Box 6.10 Using SDT to IP connect to hosts that are serially attached to the gateway

Note For general background reading on Remote Desktop and VNC access we recommend the
following:
 The Microsoft Remote Desktop How-To.
 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/getstarted/remoteintro.mspx
 The Illustrated Network Remote Desktop help page.
http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/RemoteDesktopSetupandTroubleshooting.ht
ml
 What is Remote De sktop in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003? by Daniel Petri.
http://www.petri.co.il/what's_remote_desktop.htm
 Frequently Asked Q uestions about Remote Desktop.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/rdfaq.mspx
 Secure remot e access of a home networ k using SSH, Remote De sk t op and VNC for the home user
http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/SSH-RDP-
VNC/RemoteDesktopVNCandSSH.html
 Taking your deskt op virtual with VNC, Red Hat magazine.
http://www.redhat.com/magazine/006apr05/features/vnc/ and
http://www.redhat.com/magazine/007may05/features/vnc/
 Wikipedia ge neral background on VNC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VNC.
6.10 Using SDT to IP connect to hosts that are serially attached to the gateway
Network (IP) protocols like RDP, VNC and HTTP can also be used for connecting to host devices that are
serially connected through their COM port to the console server. To do this you must:
● establish a PPP connection (Section 6.7.1) between the host and the gateway, then
● set up Secure Tunneling—Ports on the console server (Section 6.7.2), then
● configure SDT Connector to use the appropriate network protocol to access IP consoles on the host
devices that are attached to the Console server serial ports (Section 6.7.3)
6.10.1 Establish a PPP connection between the host COM port and console server
(This step is only necessary for serially connected computers)
First, physically connect the COM port on the host computer you want to access to the serial port on the
console server, then:
A. For non Windows (Linux, UNIX, Solaris, etc.) computers, establish a PPP connection over the serial
port. The online tutorial http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialPPP.html presents a
selection of methods for establishing a PPP connection for Linux.
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