Black Box LES1332A, LES1408A, LES144BA OoB broadband access, Set up earlier Windows clients

Enter the PPP User name and Password you set up for the console server.

5.1.4Set up earlier Windows clients

For Windows 2000, the PPP client set up procedure is the same as above, except you get to the Dial-Up Networking Folder by clicking the Start button and selecting Settings. Then, click Network and Dial-up Connections and click Make New Connection.

Similarly, for Windows 98, you double click My Computer on the Desktop, then open Dial-Up Networking and double click Make New Connection. Then, proceed as above.

5.1.5Set up Linux clients for dial-in

The online tutorial http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialPPP.html presents a selection of methods for establishing a dial up PPP connection:

-Command line PPP and manual configuration (works with any Linux distribution).

-Using the Linuxconf configuration tool (for Red Hat compatible distributions). This configures the scripts ifup/ifdown to start and stop a PPP connection.

-Using the Gnome control panel configuration tool.

-WVDIAL and the Redhat “Dialup configuration tool“ .

-GUI dial program X-isp. Download/Installation/Configuration.

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For all PPP clients:

Set the PPP link up with TCP/IP as the only protocol enabled. Specify that the Server will assign IP address and do DNS.

Do not set up the console server PPP link as the default for Internet connection.

5.2OoB broadband access

The LES1508A, LES1408A, LES1416A, LES1432A, LES1448A, LES1308A, LES1316A, LES1332A, LES1348A, LES1208A-R2, LES1216A-R2, LES1232A and LES1248A-R2 console servers have a second Ethernet port (Network 2) that you can configure for alternate and OoB (out-of-band) broadband access. With two

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