HP 700 manual Creating Connections, Connecting to corporate e-mail and network resources on-site

88 HP Jornada 700 Series Handheld PC

•An account with your corporate network set for dialing in to your network server—Your network administrator can provide you with important information, such as a user name, password, dial-up telephone number(s), server names, and so on.

Connecting to corporate e-mail and network resources on-site

Typical corporate LAN on-site network connection

If you want corporate e-mail and Internet service only (with no access offsite), you will need:

•An installed network interface card (NIC)—that is properly configured with the IP address of your DNS and WINS servers (your network administrator can give you this information)

•An account with your corporate network—including an IP address for your HP Jornada, if it is not dynamically assigned

•A network (LAN) connection—a network cable with the appropriate connector for your NIC

•For detailed instructions on how to connect your HP Jornada to a network via LAN cable, see Connecting directly to corporate e-mail and network resources through a network interface card (NIC) later in this chapter.

Creating Connections

Once you have decided what type of connection method you need, you easily create and configure a Internet, intranet or network connection by following the instructions in the following pages.

Since personal Internet and off-site corporate dialup connections methods are quite similar they are addressed first, followed by