_____________________________________________________________________
724-746-5500 | blackbox.com
Page 131
Or, you can set the advanced connection and access on the Windows computer to use the
console server
defaults:
Specify 10.233.111.254 as the
From:
address
Select
Allow calling computer to specify its own address
Also, 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:
The
console server
default
Username is
portXX
where XX is the serial port number on the
console server
.
The default
Password is
portXX
To use the defaults for a 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 will appear in the Windows task bar.
Note
The above notes describe setting up an incoming connection for Windows XP. The steps are
similar for Vista and Windows Server 2003/2008, but the set up screens present slightly differently:
You need to put a check in the box for
Always allow directly connected devices such as
palmtop
…
..
The option for to
Set up an advanced connection
is not available in Windows 2003 if RRAS is
configured. If RRAS has been configured, you can enable the null modem connection for the dial-
in configuration
.
