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For earlier version Windows computers, follow the steps in Section B. above. To get to the
Make
New Connection
button:
For Windows 2000, click
Start,
and select
Settings
. At the
Dial-‐Up Networking Folder,
click
Network and Dial-‐up Connections,
and click
Make New Connection.
You may need to first set
up a connection over the COM port using
Connect directly to another computer
before
proceeding to
Set up an advanced connection.
For Windows 98, double click
My Computer
on the Desktop, then open
Dial-‐Up Networking
and double click.
6.10.2
Set up SDT Serial Ports on
console server
To set up
RDP (and VNC) forwarding
on the
console server
Serial Port that is connected to the Windows
computer COM port:
Select the
Serial & Network: Serial Port
menu option and click
Edit
(for the particular Serial Port
that is connected to the Windows computer COM port).
On the SDT Settings menu, select
SDT Mode
(this will enable port forwarding and SSH tunneling)
and enter a
Username
and
User Password.
Note
When you enable SDT, it will override all other Configuration protocols on that port.
Note
If you leave the
Username
and
User Password
fields blank, they default to
portXX
and
portXX
where XX is the serial port number. The default username and password for Secure RDP over
Port 2 is
port02.
Make sure the
console server
Common Settings
(Baud Rate, Flow Control) are the same as those
set up on the Windows computer COM port and click
Apply.
RDP and VNC forwarding over serial ports is enabled on a Port basis. You can add
Users
who can
have access to these ports (or reconfigure
User
profiles) by selecting
Serial & Network: User &
Groups
menu tag—as described earlier in Chapter 4,
Configuring Serial Ports.
