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Figure 107 - Connections: PPTP

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Summary of Contents for ADDS 5600

Page 1: ...BOUNDLESS TECHNOLOGIES ADDS 5600 Linux Based Terminal Administrator sGuide Boundless Corporation 50 Engineers Lane Unit 2 Farmingdale NY 11735 1 800 231 5445 sales boundless com...

Page 2: ...Boundless Technologies ADDS 5600 Linux Based Terminal 1 A D D S 5 6 0 0 L I N U X B A S E D T E R M I N A L Administrator s guide...

Page 3: ...__ 22 Configuration_____________23 Data Storage___________________ 23 Share via SMB and FTP protocol_______ 25 Fonts Servers __________________ 25 XFS Font Server____________________ 26 NFS Font Serve...

Page 4: ..._____________ 55 Failover Connection _________________ 55 Connection ending option _____________ 56 PN Agent ________________ 56 Tarantella _______________ 57 Terminal Emulator ________ 58 Rexec _____...

Page 5: ...servers mainframes minicomputers intranets and the Internet depending on the software version installed in the 5600 This Administrator s guide is primary intended for system administrators It aims to...

Page 6: ...inutes Configuration Wizard At first boot the Configuration Wizard comes up in order to allow a smooth configuration of the basic settings Figure 1 Configuration wizard When using a remote management...

Page 7: ...n See page 33 for more details Figure 2 Configuration Wizard Language Information This screen displays ADDS 5600 version number If available it displays the client model name and its reference number...

Page 8: ...terfaces Kiosk mode and Desktop mode Kiosk is particularly useful when administrator wishes to publish a full environment whereas Desktop is useful when administrator wish to publish standalone applic...

Page 9: ...ms as a hostname The default Hostname utilizes the last six digits of the device s MAC Address Figure 7 Configuration wizard Hostname Network The following panels enable to configure your Ethernet dev...

Page 10: ...mation Enter the IP address assigned to the client its Net mask and its Gateway Figure 9 Configuration Wizard Network Static IP Information Domain WINS and DNS Enter the domain name used by your local...

Page 11: ...be ready to operate in your network Figure 11 Configuration Wizard End of Wizard User Environment Depending on choice previously made the ADDS 5600 comes up either in Desktop Mode or in Kiosk Mode Ki...

Page 12: ...a Windows Desktop or Unix Linux Desktop Figure 12 User Environment Kiosk Mode Connection Tab Please note that the Connection Manager features a Network Indicator which informs about the activity of th...

Page 13: ...ure 14 User Environment Desktop Mode Within the taskbar is displayed the Network activity and the Time Figure 15 User Environment Desktop Mode System Activity and Time The Start Menu gives access to a...

Page 14: ...Environment Desktop Mode Taskbar Shortcuts Hotkeys The ADDS 5600 features some useful hotkeys as details below Note that the hotkeys behavior may differ depending on the User Interface Mode used On K...

Page 15: ...of your networking architecture Overview Administration on the ADDS 5600 is built around an internal web server This offers a unique setup tool for both local and remote administration For further inf...

Page 16: ...ons in the Navigation frame are grouped under the following labels o Administration o Connections o Configuration o Network o System o Time Administration Setup The configurations and setup functions...

Page 17: ...provided using VNC protocol Once enabled this option allows any VNC client available on the network to connect to the 5600 If an administrator password has been previously set then this password will...

Page 18: ...enabled a pop up window appears on the screen and asks the user whether he accepts the VNC shadow request or not Remote Access Remote Access is provided using SSH protocol Once enabled this option al...

Page 19: ...owing user access controls o Read and Write access If set then the option is displayed in the Navigation frame and you will be able to view or modify the configuration of this option o Read only If se...

Page 20: ...is disabled therefore the configure Tab is not available to the ADDS 5600 user after the Setup is secured by a password Figure 24 Setup Manager Administration User Permissions Connection Manager witho...

Page 21: ...figuration A configuration can be Hardware i e e it contains terminal settings only Software i e e it contains connections settings only Global i e e it contains both terminal and connections settings...

Page 22: ...nager Connections Global Internet Settings This configuration screen contains settings for the Proxy HTTP you may use on your corporate network You may wish to bypass the Proxy HTTP for particular dom...

Page 23: ...this guide which is dedicated to this topic Figure 28 Setup Manager Connections Configuration User Interface As described earlier the ADDS 5600 features two different user environments Kiosk Mode and...

Page 24: ...rives detected by the ADDS 5600 These drives can be Internal Drives o Floppy Disk Drives o Hard Disk Drives o Cd Rom Drives Network Drives o SMB Network Drives o NFS Network Drives USB Drives o Flash...

Page 25: ...ly working Afterwards storage drives can be made available while using connections to servers i e e Windows Terminal Servers UNIX Servers and or while using local connections i e e Emulator Web browse...

Page 26: ...rom a Windows Server This can be performed also from any Server featuring a SMB Client Linux or Unix Server for instance The SMB Share Name is Local_Devices Figure 32 Setup Manager Configuration Data...

Page 27: ...wever you can ensure that the Font Server is properly working by checking the fonts used within applications Emulator Browser X11 Telnet Please note that a Font Server newly created will only be taken...

Page 28: ...Boundless Technologies ADDS 5600 Linux Based Terminal 27 NFS Font Server Figure 35 Setup Manager Configuration NFS Font Server Printers Figure 36 Setup Manager Configuration Printers...

Page 29: ...MB protocol ThinPrint protocol Whenever the LPR server receives a Print Job it sends it to the configured printer Depending on the Print Job format i e raw format or pre formatted the LPR server may r...

Page 30: ...g trough SMB Protocol If you have already found a Printer Model in the list of printers that matches your requirement there is no need to use this field If you use a Thin Print Server then you can als...

Page 31: ...he Printer you will need to know all settings of the SMB Shared Printer IP Address Share Name Username and Password if required The Windows Driver Name field allows specifying the exact name of the pr...

Page 32: ...s Server This option will only be used in following cases Printing trough SMB Protocol If you have already found a Printer Model in the list of printers that matches your requirement there is no need...

Page 33: ...ouse and Touch screen Keyboard If you like Numlock to be activated during the boot process automatically then you will have to set Numlock on boot set to on Keyboard delay sets the delay time between...

Page 34: ...nux Based Terminal 33 Figure 42 Setup Manager Configuration Keyboard Settings The 5600 supports a large number of keyboard localization Choose the one that meet your requirements Figure 43 Setup Manag...

Page 35: ...The ADDS 5600 supports Touch screens from Elotouch Accutouch and Intellitouch on serial port Thanks to the built in graphical calibrating utility you can fine tune the touch screen settings within fe...

Page 36: ...f inactivity after which the port shall be freed for other connections Language This screen enables to configure the language for the Setup Manager and the Connection Manager Figure 45 Setup Manager C...

Page 37: ...tal media shall be stored on a drive detected by the ADDS 5600 See page 23 Network Hosts File If no DNS Domain Name Service is used on your corporate network you can provide a list of hosts to transla...

Page 38: ...o the DNS server of your corporate network This feature requires that the according rights are set on the DNS server While using several Ethernet devices you might want to disable certain devices For...

Page 39: ...or in Static IP mode Figure 50 Setup Manager Network Configuration Ethernet Devices IP Configuration In Static IP mode you will have to assign manually a fixed IP that is not already used on the corpo...

Page 40: ...600 to get its IP Address Domain Gateway Net mask DNS and WINS Time Server Workgroup and eventually its Hostname Figure 52 Setup Manager Network Configuration DHCP configuration DHCP Settings This sec...

Page 41: ...If your DHCP network is large enough to benefit from user classes you can freely customize your DHCP environments with them In most cases the user class provides a way to assign and override standard...

Page 42: ...p Manager Network Configuration Wlan settings By pressing Scan button the ADDS 5600 will scan for available Access Points on the network Figure 55 Setup Manager Network Configuration Wlan settings Sca...

Page 43: ...n from Taskbar Disk Mounting Disk Mounting enables to access or store data that are available on your network as shared drive or directory Once you have configured a Disk Mounting the mounted disk wil...

Page 44: ...ager Network New Disk Mounting SMB Disk Mounting The SMB stands for Server Message Block This protocol is very useful because it is the default protocol used by Microsoft Windows NT Windows 95 98 Wind...

Page 45: ...S client your 5600 associates this to a mount point of its own file system So the exported file system will be a logical part of the 5600 s file system while it physically remains on server side Figur...

Page 46: ...gateway computers at each hop through the Internet between your computer and a specified destination computer It also calculates and displays the amount of time each hop took Traceroute is a handy too...

Page 47: ...latform on which the ADDS 5600 is installed Processor type battery The most commonly used option is the shutdown procedure This enables to specify what behavior is expected when the user shutdown the...

Page 48: ...of the ADDS 5600 to its factory default Note that all your settings will be lost You will see the Configuration Wizard after reboot Figure 67 Setup Manager System Reset to factory default settings Inf...

Page 49: ...nux system Figure 69 Setup Manager System Information Panel Software version In case of troubleshooting this feature can be used to generate a Hardware Diagnostic Report that can be exploited by your...

Page 50: ...wn Reboot Figure 72 Setup Manager System Reboot Upgrade Firmware The ADDS 5600 can perform a firmware upgrade using FTP or HTTP The upgrade can be a partial only one part of the firmware is upgraded o...

Page 51: ...Figure 74 Setup Manager System HTTP upgrade Upgrade options On the left side of the Upgrade menu the ADDS 5600 displays the upgrade parameters The dropdown list can contain several entries such as o A...

Page 52: ...and Date Time and Date Figure 76 Setup Manager Time and Date If your system has been configured to use a Time Server the time will be reset according to the Timeserver whenever you connect to the netw...

Page 53: ...ibes connections available on the ADDS 5600 and how to configure them Overview Figure 78 Connections Overview The Connection Manager is the central administration tool for all kind of available connec...

Page 54: ...nt to add The available connection types in this menu depend on your particular ADDS 5600 model Server IP address or name For each connection the Administrator will be prompted to specify on which ser...

Page 55: ...her Ethernet devices Wireless LAN Fiber Optic Token Ring if any o Dial Up connections PPP PPoE if any o VPN connection PPTP if any Figure 82 Connections Commonly used settings Interface If the interfa...

Page 56: ...borders so the user is not able to move or resize the window o Connections started in Fit to Screen mode use the whole screen size They are started with borders so the user is able to move or resize...

Page 57: ...Connection ending option Connection ending option is a mechanism that enables to define what behavior is expected when ending a particular connection Figure 88 Connections Commonly used settings Conn...

Page 58: ...gent connection They will automatically be handed over to the server so that you don t have to type them into the logon screen Otherwise a Logon window will pop up asking for the user connection detai...

Page 59: ...pplications running on Windows Terminal Server UNIX or Linux Server and Mainframes Figure 92 Connections Tarantella By pressing Browse button the ADDS 5600 will browse the content of Data Storage driv...

Page 60: ...n software itself Rexec By using Rexec you can display locally an application running remotely on a Linux Unix server Figure 95 Connections Rexec The applications field enables to specify the name of...

Page 61: ...ram the viewer on another computer anywhere on network Figure 97 Connections VNC If you use the VNC Viewer in a classroom or training environment then you might need to select the Share Session option...

Page 62: ...andard Mozilla comes up with the standard menu bar For instance user will be able to access or store data on Storage Drives Kiosk Mozilla comes up with a limited menu bar version For instance user won...

Page 63: ...llowing rules o Bookmarks up to 10 kb o Cookies up to 50 kb o All Passwords o All Certificates o Some Preferences fonts display When Disk Mounting is available then the ADDS 5600 will offer to store A...

Page 64: ...ure 101 Connections Web Browser Mozilla Firefox Plugins DIALUP To set up a WAN connection with the ADDS 5600 you can use either o PSTN modems o ISDN modems o ADSL modems PPoE General PPP settings Thes...

Page 65: ...HCP then you can specify it at this stage Otherwise you will have to set it up manually in the next configuration screen You can choose between several authentication types that match the requirements...

Page 66: ...ort 1 and 2 are dedicated to external modems whereas Com port 3 or 4 is for internal modems The init String field can be used to specify a special initialization string that is required by your modem...

Page 67: ...he card type that matches your requirements In case you disabled the Use DHCP option on previous screen you will have to manually enter your IP address and the IP address of the server ADSL PPoE speci...

Page 68: ...Used and Username You will have to specify the name of the application program you want to start Depending on your requirements you may have to add to the command line the display option The 5600 supp...

Page 69: ...dless Technologies ADDS 5600 Linux Based Terminal 68 Figure 107 Connections PPTP Please note that for connections to windows Remote Access Server that uses encryption MS CHAP V2 authentication is requ...

Page 70: ...d information intended for the ADDS 5600 administrator use HTTP Administration Thanks to a built in HTTP server Administrator can connect to the 5600 using any web browser on the network This allows t...

Page 71: ...t to the 5600 setup using any browser you will notice two additional menus in the navigation frame Send a Message This allows sending a message to the 5600 user Figure 109 Advanced Remote HTTP Adminis...

Page 72: ...the ADDS 5600 allows to access a Rescue Panel This Rescue Panel can be used to o Reset Video Settings o Reset to Factory Default Settings o Create an Hardware Diagnostic Report o Stop or Start a new...

Page 73: ...mote Access SSH Browsing file system Warning SSH connection gives access to the linux file system The 5600 uses a read only file system with a single writeable user partition tmp config Modifications...

Page 74: ...ing ShellScript connection can give access to the linux file system The 5600 uses a read only file system with a single writeable user partition tmp config Modifications made within the file system ma...

Page 75: ...n be a linux script or a linux executable In case an administrator password is set the system will prompt the user to enter the password before executing the script This can be avoided by entering the...

Page 76: ...g tar then xmsg cannot find compressed configuration exit 1 fi xmsg Please wait while installing the new terminal configuration MSG_PID sleep 1 cd tmp cat tmp config network ini grep v network config...

Page 77: ...fig network ini old tmp config network ini rm tmp config burnid kill 9 MSG_PID xmsg Terminal Configuration Updated Terminal will reboot in 5 seconds freeze sleep 5 reboot MGS_UPGRADE icewmhint rxvt dT...

Page 78: ...SULT f DIR config tar GUI 1 GUI 0 d DIR upgrades GUI GUI 2 CHOICE MGS_ASK GUI case CHOICE in GET MGS_GET get MGS_GET PUT MGS_PUT put MGS_PUT UPGRADE MGS_UPGRADE upgrade MGS_UPGRADE exit 1 esac exit 0...

Page 79: ...fig images background xpm LAUNCHER tmp config images launch xpm SCREENSAVER tmp config images saver xpm TCMSLOGO tmp config tcms logo png SETUP tmp config images setuplogo gif IMG_DIR images new pix N...

Page 80: ...isplayed on the right frame of the Setup Manager Saver image used by screen saver In order to load your custom images into the ADDS 5500 you have to create a images directory into tmp config Then you...

Page 81: ...PRINTER_MODEL_DRIVER PRINTER_QUALITY MODEL_NAME MODEL_VERSION REAL_MODEL_NAME ALLCFG SOFTCFG HARDCFG o lbtlaunch TYPE NAME ID Where TYPE is Type of the connection ICA RDP Where NAME is Name of the con...

Page 82: ...smart card on the ADDS 5600 administrator can create a script that is executed when the card gets inserted or gets removed Scripts shall be located in tmp config smartcard insert and in tmp config sma...

Page 83: ...DMINISTRATION 16 FIGURE 21 SETUP MANAGER ADMINISTRATION REMOTE SHADOWING 16 FIGURE 22 SETUP MANAGER ADMINISTRATION USER PERMISSIONS 18 FIGURE 23 SETUP MANAGER ADMINISTRATION USER PERMISSIONS SETUP MAN...

Page 84: ...ER NETWORK TOOLS 44 FIGURE 70 SETUP MANAGER NETWORK TOOLS PING 45 FIGURE 71 SETUP MANAGER NETWORK TOOLS TRACEROUTE 45 FIGURE 72 SETUP MANAGER NETWORK TOOLS IFCONFIG 46 FIGURE 73 SETUP MANAGER SYSTEM P...

Page 85: ...NECTIONS PPP PSTN 65 FIGURE 115 CONNECTIONS PPP ISDN 66 FIGURE 116 CONNECTIONS PPP ADSL PPOE 66 FIGURE 117 CONNECTIONS SSH 67 FIGURE 118 CONNECTIONS PPTP 68 FIGURE 119 ADVANCED REMOTE HTTP ADMINISTRAT...

Page 86: ...Windows Windows NT and Windows 2000 are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Java is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc ThinPrint is a registered trademark...

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