Before You Connect to the Internet
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Before You Connect to the Internet
Before you start, you may wish to contact your Internet service provider (ISP). Your ISP
will need some basic information about your network and WebFORCE Internet Gateway
server, and should provide you with information that you need to configure the
WebFORCE Internet Gateway server to communicate with the Internet.
Setting Up Your Internet Gateway
To set up your Silicon Graphics WebFORCE Internet Gateway server, perform the
following steps:
1.
Unpack and assemble the server (described in the server owner’s guide).
2. If this is server does not have a graphics monitor directly attached to it, you can
attach a
system console
to the server using serial cables. The system console can be a
character (ASCII) terminal, an IBM compatible computer, a Macintosh computer, or
another workstation. (If the server does have a graphics monitor, refer to “Using
WebFORCE Internet Gateway From Your Web Browser” on page 22.)
3. Configure the server so that you can access it over your local network with a World
Wide Web browser (such as Netscape
M
).
4. Use the Web browser to configure the server to connect to the Internet.
Parts of a WebFORCE Internet Gateway
WebFORCE Internet Gateway ships with the following components:
•
A Silicon Graphics server, including documentation (the owner’s guide plus online
reference pages)
•
A serial cable
•
WebFORCE Internet Gateway software, installed on the server’s system disk and
provided on CD-ROM
•
This installation guide
Figure 1-2 shows the basic items included in the WebFORCE Internet Gateway package.
