Chapter Eight: Connecting to a Corporate Network | 1. Gather information 102 |
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1. Gather information
Contact your corporate network administrator and record the following information:
Item | Description |
ISDN number(s) of corporate | This is the phone number the DIVA LAN ISDN Modem will dial to access the |
network | corporate network. |
| A backup number may also exist in case the primary number is busy or |
| unavailable. |
User name | Name the DIVA LAN ISDN Modem will use to log on to the corporate |
| network. If your corporate network is an NT network, you may need to specify |
| a domain name and user name pair. For example: HEADOFFICE\bob. |
Password | Password the DIVA LAN ISDN Modem will use to log on to the corporate |
| network. |
Domain name of the corporate | This is the domain name that identifies the network. For example: eicon.com |
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Primary DNS server address * | To reach other computers on the corporate network you need to use the |
Secondary DNS server address * | network’s DNS servers. |
IP address of corporate network * | This is only required if you intend to connect to the Internet at the same time as |
Subnet mask of corporate network | your corporate network. |
Static IP address * | On some corporate networks, the network administrator will assign a static IP |
Subnet mask | address and subnet mask to the DIVA LAN ISDN Modem. If not, the DIVA |
| LAN ISDN Modem will negotiate its own address and subnet mask when it |
| connects to the network. |
*Addresses are written as four numbers separated by periods. Each number can range from 0 to 255. For example: 213.132.21.1
Gather X.25 information
If you intend to use AO/DI, you will require the following information:
Item | Description |
Remote X.25 address | The X.25 address of the corporate network you want to connect to. |
Local X.25 address | The X.25 DTE address assigned to the DIVA LAN ISDN Modem. This may not |
| be required on certain switches. |
Default window size | The DIVA LAN ISDN Modem supports windows sizes from 1 to 7. |
Maximum window size |
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Default packet size | The DIVA LAN ISDN Modem supports packet sizes from 64 to 1024 bytes. |
Maximum packet size |
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Number of VCs | Number of virtual circuits. The DIVA LAN ISDN Modem supports up to 4 |
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ISDN TEI type | Determine if TEI assignment is static, dynamic, or shared. If static, get the number |
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