Setting Up Your PC

Setting Up Your PCPC Remote Access Software

Ensure you know whether the network access server port you are dialing in to requires you to enter a login password or logs directly in to the local user interface. If this is the case, you will need to use terminal emulation to communicate with the access server following modem connection.

Ensure you know whether the network access server port requires a PPP/PAP password. If so, you will have to configure the password on your remote node access software.

Reference

Refer to the documentation included with your PC remote node access software for installation and setup procedures.

Novell Workstation Software

Novell NetWare workstation software (or equivalent) must be installed on your PC. This makes it possible to establish and maintain IPX network connections.

Reference

Refer to your Novell Installation Guide for Workstations and the documentation included with your PC remote node access software for more information.

Novell Utilities for Local Execution

After a remote node access connection is made to a Novell fileserver, ensure that the Novell utilities you need are stored locally on your PC. This is because activating large executables from a network disk can result in long load times due to the relatively slower speed of the serial line. See the Novell Operation section in this chapter for more information.

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