User Manual
You can choose any TCP/IP addresses used anywhere else on your network. The
From
address
is assigned to the Windows computer and the
To
address is used by the console server. For
simplicity, use the IP address as shown in the illustration above:
From: 169.134.13.1
To: 169.134.13.2
Alternately you can set the advanced connection and access on the Windows computer to use
the console server defaults:
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Specify 10.233.111.254 as the
From
address
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Select Allow calling computer to specify its own address
You could use the console server default username and password when you set up the new
Remote Desktop user and gave this user permission to use the advance connection to access
the Windows computer:
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The console server default Username is portXX where XX is the serial port number on the
console server.
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The default Password is portXX
To use the defaults for an RDP connection to the serial port 2 on the console server, you would
have set up a Windows user named port02
When the PPP connection has been set up, a network icon appears in the Windows task bar
The above describes setting up an incoming connection for Windows XP. The steps are similar for later
versions, but the setup screens differ:
Check the box for
Always allow directly connected devices..
.
The option for to
Set up an advanced connection
is not available in Windows 2003 if RRAS is configured.
If RRAS has been configured, enable the null modem connection for the dial-in configuration.
