Wyse Technology 909522-41L manual Establishing a Server Environment

5 Establishing a Server Environment

This section contains information on the network architecture and enterprise server environment needed to provide network and session services enabling Wyse X class thin computers network connection. It also includes information to help you to address important considerations when configuring access to the server environment and when configuring the services to be provided by the server environment.

Setting Up Access to the Enterprise Servers

There are five basic methods of access to the enterprise server environment available to the thin computer. Except for Ethernet Direct, all of the access methods require that some local settings be made on the thin computer. These local settings are retained and are available for the next thin computer system start. Activating these local settings and the defined connections can also be automated at thin computer system start.

Methods of access include:

•Ethernet Direct - This is a connection from the thin computer Ethernet port directly to the enterprise intranet. No additional hardware is required. In this configuration all network services may be used, including the enterprise DHCP server. A DHCP server on the network can provide not only the thin computer IP address, but also the location of the file server containing the software updates.

•Wireless Direct - A supported wireless adapter (or the optional internal wireless feature) can be used to access the enterprise intranet. A wireless adapter uses short-range wide-band radio to communicate with a wireless access point. Typically, wireless access points are located at several locations in the enterprise within range of the wireless adapters and directly connected to the enterprise intranet.

•PPPoE - Thin computer support for Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) is intended for devices which connect to the Internet directly from remote locations. The New Connection Wizard can be used (available from Network Connections in the Control Panel) to configure and invoke a PPPoE connection. Once connected, all packets are through a PPP connection over Ethernet to the DSL modem. For more information on the New Connection Wizard, refer to documentation on the Microsoft Web site at:

http://www.microsoft.com.

•Dial-up Modem - A dial-up modem can be used with the thin computer to access a dial-up server. The dial-up server must be a Microsoft Remote Access Server or another server that supports industry-standard protocols. The dial-up server can provide either of the following methods of access to the enterprise intranet:

•Direct access - An enterprise dial-up server directly connects to the enterprise intranet.

•Indirect access - An Internet Service Provider (ISP) dial-up server simply provides access to the Internet, from which the thin computer accesses an enterprise PPTP VPN server that connects to the enterprise intranet.