LapLink MN-LGD011-XX-US manual Making a computer available for ILS connections

Making a computer available for ILS connections

Internet connections are more easily established by the use of easy-to-remember names or addresses. To make your computer available to other LapLink computers on the Internet, publish its address through an ILS (Internet Locator Service) directory server. LapLink users who know this address can then locate your computer on the Internet and open connections from anywhere in the world. LapLink maintains the LapLink ILS server as a free service to our users..

To allow other LapLink computers to connect to a computer on the Inter- net, set up LapLink to have the com- puter’s address published through the LapLink ILS.

In Internet Directory Options, specify an e-mail address or some other unique identifier as the Internet address.

Then notify other LapLink users so that they can connect by supplying the Internet address you have speci- fied.

Connecting to computers on the Internet is easy—when you know their IP addresses. But IP addresses can be hard to determine, and they often change. If you dial in to an Internet service provider, for example, your computer may be assigned a different IP address each time you go online.

So how do you make your computer available to other LapLink computers on the Internet? You have your e-mail

address (or other unique identifier) “published” as your Inter- net address. You then let other LapLink users connect to your computer by telling them your Internet address.

NOTEIf the computer is behind a firewall, there are addi- tional requirements. See”Making an Internet connection to a computer behind a firewall, or use LapLink Everywhere. See ”Connecting Over the Internet Using Laplink Everywhere

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