Forum 523/524 in a Serverless LAN
Configuration Examples
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the name is unknown in the LAN, the request is forwarded to an ISP’s external
DNS server.
Note:
Workstation computers automatically add a domain name to
URLs without a dot. You specify this domain name in the
Confi-
gurator
. For example, if you have configured “firm.co.uk” as the
domain name, an access request for “www.firm.co.uk” will be
interpreted as a local DNS request which does not lead to the
establishment of an Internet connection. For this reason, you
should choose a name which is not used in the Internet as the
domain name (“firm-forum.co.uk” for example).
RAS Access
You can establish a connection to the Forum 523/524 from an external PC via
a VPN connection or via an ISDN card.
VPN (Virtual Private Networking) is a technology to connect an external PC
over an existing Internet access using a secured and encrypted data
connection. A prerequisite is the permanent internet access of the
Forum 523/524. As an alternative, the “ISP trigger call” can be configured. To
secure the data connection, the protocols PPTP and IPSEC are available.
PPTP encryption is optional.
The necessary IP settings are transmitted by the Forum 523/524 on estab-
lishment of the connection. The computer that has dialled in has access to all
services in the LAN that can be used via the IP protocol. The authorisation for
RAS access is set up in the
Configurator
via the
User Manager: User Groups
menu.
The technical properties of the connection can be configured in the
Configu-
rator
via the
Network
:
RAS
menu. Select one of the offered connection
protocols (
ISDN
,
PPTP
or
IPSEC
). Further information can be found in the
online help of the web console.
In a serverless LAN, Windows uses the NetBIOS protocol for accessing files
and printers via the network environment. NetBIOS can use NetBEUI, IPX/
SPX or IP as the transport protocol. In the network environment, you can only
access files and printers on workstations using IP for NetBIOS.
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