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Trademarks

 

The

 

following

 

terms

 

are

 

trademarks

 

of

 

International

 

Business

 

Machines

 

Corporation

 

in

 

the

 

United

 

States,

 

other

 

countries,

 

or

 

both:

 

   

IBM

 

   

ThinkPad

 

   

ThinkCentre

 

   

Tivoli

 

Microsoft,

 

Windows,

 

and

 

Windows

 

NT

®

 

are

 

trademarks

 

of

 

Microsoft

 

Corporation

 

in

 

the

 

United

 

States,

 

other

 

countries,

 

or

 

both.

 

Intel,

 

Intel

 

Inside

 

(logos),

 

MMX

 

and

 

Pentium

 

are

 

trademarks

 

of

 

Intel

 

Corporation

 

in

 

the

 

United

 

States,

 

other

 

countries,

 

or

 

both.

 

Other

 

company,

 

product,

 

or

 

service

 

names

 

may

 

be

 

trademarks

 

or

 

service

 

marks

 

of

 

others.

 

 

22

 

IBM

 

Access

 

Connections

 

Deployment

 

Guide

 

Version

 

3.3.0

Содержание IBM Access Connections 3.3.0

Страница 1: ...IBM Access Connections Deployment Guide Version 3 3 0 Date October 11 2004 ...

Страница 2: ... October 2004 Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2004 All rights reserved US Government Users Restricted Rights Use duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp ...

Страница 3: ...s application help which administrators and users can consult for information about using the application itself IBM ThinkVantage Technologies and the deployment guides that accompany them are developed with IT professionals and the unique challenges that they encounter in mind If you have suggestions or comments communicate with your IBM authorized representative To learn more about the technolog...

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Страница 5: ...y problems 8 Chapter 3 Considerations for deploying Access Connections 9 Requirements and specifications for deployment 9 Chapter 4 Deploying Access Connections 11 Access Connections deployment features 11 Installing IBM Access Connections 11 Installing the integrated IBM Access Connections package 11 Installing the standalone IBM Access Connections 12 Enabling the Administrator Feature 12 Using t...

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Страница 7: ...profile and connection status The Connection Status window allows you to view the status of the network connection associated with each location profile defined in Access Connections and allows you to switch between location profiles When you open the window status is shown for the network connection and for the components used by the currently applied location profile v Switch between location pr...

Страница 8: ...you to easily share location profiles between different computers You can also import location profiles that are created by the network adminstrator v Use the system tray icon Access Connections provides an icon in the system tray which allows you to launch the application view the status of the current location profile and switch between profiles v Create location profiles for remote deployment a...

Страница 9: ...o the administrators can diagnose and correct problems One window offers you and users accessible essential information about connections and helps them get and stay connected 1 Current location in use 2 Location selector 3 Client computer 4 Manage locations button 5 Find Wireless Network button 6 Network connection device 7 Links 8 Network server Gateway 9 Internet 10 Signal strength indicator 11...

Страница 10: ...ing hardware provides a key benefit Access Connections software eliminates the need for administrators to learn and manage multiple client configuration utilities All WLAN configuration utilities as well as the built in capability in Microsoft Windows XP enable you to create profiles with settings for network name SSID and security setup including the definition of a wired equivalent privacy WEP k...

Страница 11: ...rk When users select this button Access Connections software finds and lists all of the active wireless access points in range If an open or unencrypted connection is available you can quickly create a location profile based on the newly found access point and connect This capability enables mobile PC users to find a public WLAN connection in places like airports hotels or coffee shops and get con...

Страница 12: ...cellular based network provides a wireless alternative to WLAN that is both fast and often available where WLAN connectivity is not to be found To help manage Bluetooth wireless connections Access Connections offers a Bluetooth menu bar that offers an easy way to turn off the Bluetooth radio and to set the Bluetooth security level It also provides capability to create the location profile using th...

Страница 13: ... download The enabler creates an additional menu item in the Access Connections user interface called Profile Distribution It is from this profile distribution menu item that the IT administrator creates profiles to be distributed and establishes appropriate user access policy If a selected profile contains a wireless profile with encryption enabled the administrator will be prompted to re enter t...

Страница 14: ...BM Access Connections supports a new feature of network diagnostics when users are unable to make network connections It shows detailed progress of connection status and finds suspected reasons of failure and recommended actions Access Connections also offers an automatic repair button to recover the network connection in some cases 8 IBM Access Connections Deployment Guide Version 3 3 0 ...

Страница 15: ...nistrator Feature is available with version 2 7 or later of Access Connections This feature simplifies the task of deploying location profiles global settings and control policies to individuals or groups of individuals running Access Connections in a corporate environment The deployment of these profiles and settings can be accomplished during the initial system deployment as part of the preload ...

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Страница 17: ...Connections on the client computer v Deployment packages are encrypted and password protected to be sure that only authorized individuals can import the location profiles that may contain wireless security information such as WEP or static password for example Installing IBM Access Connections IBM Access connections can be installed with using either a bundled package that includes IBM Access Conn...

Страница 18: ...nnections 3 0 or later installed on a donor computer When deploying location profiles that provide a wireless network connection the donor and recipient computers must contain wireless adapters which support the capabilities defined in the location profile For instance if the location profile being deployed is configured for LEAP authentication the adapters on the recipient systems must support LE...

Страница 19: ...eds as you create the profiles a Office building connections b Home connections c Branch office connections d Connections while traveling e Hot spot connections 2 After you have created the location profiles click Profile Distribution Create Distribution Package 3 Select the location profiles that you want to deploy For each location profile selected choose the appropriate user access policy as sh...

Страница 20: ...dify copy and delete the profile Limitation The above control policies can be applied to local users with Administrator level privileges If the local users are configured as Limited Users stricter restrictions are imparted by the operating system Limited Users can only create dial up connection type profiles and can not modify or copy or delete profiles created by the administrator A global settin...

Страница 21: ...le LOA when it is being sent to remote users for manual importing Distribution control lists ensure that individuals install appropriate network connection profiles only They can help reduce unauthorized network access When creating groups of serial numbers flat text files can be imported which contain the group of serial numbers The file must be formatted such that each line contains a single ser...

Страница 22: ...strators want to prevent others from creating and distributing network access profiles The Client Configuration Policy panel also enables the administrator to set the Global Settings for Access Connections If the end user logs onto a computer with a Limited User account then the administrator must enable the Allow all users of this system to switch to any existing location profile setting under Gl...

Страница 23: ... user 8 Give the LOA file a name and location Attention For image deployment LOA file must reside in the Access Connections install directory C PROGRAM FILES THINKPAD CONNECTUTILITIES Preparing for a new image installation To deploy the Access Connections software do the following 1 Install Access Connections on a sample system from the group of systems being deployed 2 Start the Administrator Fea...

Страница 24: ...oa and sig files which were saved in step 6 v Add a new DWORD value under HKLM SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion RunOnce in the registry v Name the value ACinstall and set it to Path where Access Connection setup files exist setup exe s 8 Upon the first boot of the client computers Access Connections will silently install and automatically launch Access Connections will import the loa file...

Страница 25: ...p down selection for Files of type select Profile Distribution files loa f Browse to the location where you saved the loa file that you detached in step 4a g Select the saved loa file and then click Open h Access Connections will check the serial number of your computer to make sure that the loa file matches your computer If a message is displayed that the serial number in the loa file and your co...

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Страница 27: ...in transactions therefore this statement may not apply to you This information could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors Changes are periodically made to the information herein these changes will be incorporated in new editions of the publication IBM may make improvements and or changes in the product s and or the program s described in this publication at any time without notic...

Страница 28: ...osoft Windows and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both Intel Intel Inside logos MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others 22 IBM Access Connections Deployment Guide Version 3 3 0 ...

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