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NETServer Setup for Network Dial-In (Overview)

This setup configures a NETServer for users to dial in to.

Note: This is a special case of LAN-to-LAN routing in which the dial in network has only one node (an end user). For a more complete understanding of how the NETServer handles these functions, you may want to study Chapter 6 as well

Prework

Get the following information (Note that not all settings apply to all applications):

IP Parameters

∙The dial-in user’s IP address.

Note that if the dial-in user’s IP address is not important, the NETServer may be told to simply assign the user an address each time he or she dials in. The address can also be negotiated by the NETServer and the user’s machine.

∙The connection protocol (PPP or SLIP) that the user will employ.

∙The dial-in user’s subnet mask.

∙The dial-in user’s Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU, the largest packet size that the system will transmit) if appli- cable; both local and remote MTU’s must match.

∙Whether or not the dial-in user is configured for Van Jacobson compression.

IPX Parameters

IPX remote access sessions must use the PPP protocol and an MTU of 1500. Note that when you assign an IPX Network number to the user, the NETServer will automatically set these things for you. Get the following information:

∙A unique IPX Network Number that will represent the link between the remote user and the local network for the duration of the connection.

5-2 Network Dial In Access