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4. Dialin Setup
SnapGear appliance enables remote and secure access to your office network. This
chapter shows how to set up the dialin features.
Your SnapGear appliance can be configured to receive dialin calls from remote
users/sites. Remote users are individual users (e.g. telecommuters) who connect directly
from their client workstations to dial into modems connected to the serial ports on the
SnapGear appliance. Remote site dialin connections can be LAN-to-LAN connections,
where a router at a remote site establishes a dialin link using a modem connected to the
SnapGear appliance.
The SnapGear appliance’s dialin facility establishes a PPP connection to the remote user
or site. Dialin requests are authenticated by usernames and passwords verified by the
SnapGear appliance. Once authenticated, remote users and sites are connected and
have the same access to the LAN resources as a local user.
To configure the SnapGear appliance for a dialin connection:
1. Attach an external modem to the appropriate SnapGear appliance serial port
(
COM1
).
2. Enable and configure the SnapGear appliance serial (
COM
) port for dialin.
3. Set up and configure user dialin accounts for each person or site requiring dialin
access.
You can also apply filtering to dialin connections, as detailed in the chapter entitled
Firewall.
