Copyright: Copyright 1997 Novell, Inc.


Create Dial-Up Connection Dialog Box

This dialog box allows you to create new Dial-Up Connection objects ( or import existing Dial-Up Connections from your Dial-Up Networking folder.

Note: "Dial-Up Connection" is a Windows** 95** term. A Dial-Up Connection is exactly the same as a Windows** 3.x Dial-in service. Dial-Up Connections can be configured in the NetWare Administrator snap-ins as either Windows 3x Dial-in services or Windows 95 Dial-Up Connections.
The term Dial-Up Connection is used throughout the NetWare Administrator dialog boxes and help.

Dial-Up Connection object name

Enter a name for the Dial-Up Connection. The naming rules follow the same conventions as for any other NDS* object. Maximum name length is 32 characters.

Telephone number

Enter the telephone number for the remote server.

Import from Dial-Up Networking

To copy an existing Dial-Up Connection from your Dial-Up Networking folder, click this check box and then select the required Dial-Up Connection. You can then amend the details as necessary.

Define additional properties

Select this option to specify additional properties for the Dial-Up Connection.

Create another Dial-Up Connection

Select this option if you want to create another Dial-Up Connection as soon as the current one is created.

Create

Select this option to create the Dial-Up Connection object. If you checked the Define additional properties check box, the properties page for the Dial-Up Connection is displayed. Otherwise, the Dial-Up Connection is created immediately.

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Dial-Up Connection Object General Page

Allows you to define dialing information for the dial-in point which is to be used by this Dial-Up Connection.

Area Code

Enter the area code for the dial-in point.

Telephone number

Enter the telephone number for the dial-in point.

Country code

If required, enter the international country code for the dial-in point.

Use country code and area code check box

Select this option if both an area and country code are required when dialing in to the dial-in point.

Notes:

Click OK to save changes in all pages of this dialog.

Click Cancel to close this dialog without saving any changes in any page.


Dial-Up Connection Object Identification Page

Displays the name and version of the Dial-Up Connection object, and allows you to specify a descriptive name for it. You can also enter general note information here.

Name

Displays the name of the Dial-Up Connection object in NDS*.

Version

Displays the version number of the Dial-Up Connection.

Description

Enter any notes you want to record for the Dial-Up Connection.

Dial-Up Connection Name

Enter a descriptive name for the Dial-Up Connection, if required. This option defaults to the object name.

Notes:

Click OK to save changes in all pages of this dialog.

Click Cancel to close this dialog without saving any changes in any page.

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Dial-Up Connection Object NetWare/IP Settings

Parameters Tab

Allows you to define NetWare*/IP* server parameters for the Dial-Up Connection.

Auto Detect Configuration

Select this option if DHCP is configured to provide NetWare/IP parameters automatically.

Custom Configuration

Select this option if DHCP is not configured to provide NetWare/IP parameters, or if you want to customise the NetWare/IP parameters for this connection.

NetWare/IP Domain Name

Specify the name of the NetWare/IP domain that you want to access.

Retries to DSS during startup

Specify the number of times that the client should automatically retry an unanswered DSS request.

Number of seconds between retries

Specify the number of seconds to wait between retries of an unanswered DSS request.

Broadcast SAP nearest server queries to network

This tells the NetWare/IP client which method to use to determine the Nearest NetWare Server.

To have the client find the Nearest NetWare Server by broadcasting the request on the local network, check the check box. To have the client find the Nearest NetWare Server by sending the request to a DSS, uncheck the check box.

NetWare/IP 1.1 compatibility

If your servers are running NetWare/IP 1.1 pre-patch, check this check box. Upgrade with the patch, or to version 2.1. Then uncheck the check box.

Servers Tab

Allows you to define specific servers as the nearest NetWare/IP servers and/or preferred domain SAP/RIP servers for the dial-up connection.

Nearest NetWare/IP Servers

Specify up to five nearest servers.

Specify the servers as hostnames, fully qualified hostnames, IP addresses, or IP address masks.

This setting is used as a guide for locating the nearest NetWare/IP servers. If the ones specified are not available, the DSS provides others to use.

Preferred Domain SAP/RIP Servers

Specify up to five domain SAP/RIP servers.

Specify the servers as hostnames, fully qualified hostnames, IP addresses, or IP address masks.

This setting is used as a guide for locating preferred domain SAP/RIP servers. If the ones specified are not available, DNS is queried for an alternative server.

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Dial-Up Connection Object Script Page

Allows you to define a dial-up script to be run when this Dial-Up Connection is used to dial in. You can create a new script or import an existing one and edit the details as required.

Dial-Up Networking Script

Enter the script commands here or, if you have imported an existing script, edit the commands as required.

Import from file

Enter the name of the script file that you want to import. Select Browse to browse for script files.

Read

Select this option to read the data from the script file you have specified. The script details are displayed in the text box.

Browse

Click Browse to browse for script files.

Notes:

Click OK to save changes in all pages of this dialog.

Click Cancel to close this dialog without saving any changes in any page.


Dial-Up Connection Object Server Page

Allows you to define the server properties for the dial-in point (remote server) used by this Dial-Up Connection.

Type of Dial-Up Server

Select the appropriate server type from the list. The server type is determined by the remote access software installed on the server.

Note that changes made to the server type do not apply to a connection that is currently open.

Advanced Options

Log on to network

Select this option if you want Dial-Up Networking to attempt to log users on to the network, using their NetWare* usernames and passwords.

Enable software compression

Select this option if you want incoming or outgoing information to be compressed before it is sent. This is useful to speed up the transfer of information.

Compression will not occur if the client computer and the server use incompatible compression methods.

Security

Select this button to display the Security dialog box where you can define security parameters for the dial-up connection. Note that security parameters for both Windows** 3.x and Windows 95 dial-up connections can be defined in the Security dialog box.

Windows 95 parameters

Require encrypted password

Select this option if you want to specify password encryption for this connection. Both the client computer and the server must support encrypted passwords for this option to take effect.

If you specify password encryption, the security Authentication Protocol (AP) used for the connection will be CHAP or NWCAP (depending on the server configuration). The PAP protocol is disabled.

Windows 3.x parameters

Type

Select the appropriate dial-in connection server type from the list.

Enable security

This option is only available for server types NetWare Connect* PPP, Shiva PPP and Generic PPP. Select this option if you want to enable PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) security for the dial-up connection. Users will be prompted for a dial-in username and password when they use this connection to dial in.

Advanced NetWare security

This option is only available for NetWare Connect PPP servers. Select this option if you want to enable NWCAP (NetWare Connect Authentication Protocol) security for the dial-up connection. Users will be prompted for their IntranetWare password when they use this connection to dial in.

Enforce dialback

Select this option if you want to implement dialback by the server as an additional security measure. When a user dials in, the dial-up connection disconnects the incoming call, the dials the dialback number to re-establish the connection. You need to enter the numbers that the connection must dial in order to establish an outside call .

Dial for local calls/ Dial for others

If you selected Enforce dialback, enter the numbers that the dial-up connection must dial in order to establish local and non-local outside connections.

Allowed network protocols

Specifies the valid network protocols for this Dial-Up Connection. In the case of TCP/IP or NetWare/IP*, click Settings to specify or change the configuration settings.

Notes:

Click OK to save changes in all pages of this dialog.

Click Cancel to close this dialog without saving any changes in any page.

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Dial-Up Connection Object TCP/IP Settings

Allows you to define TCP/IP server settings for the Dial-Up Connection.

Server assigned IP address

Select this option if you want the Dial-Up Connection to accept an IP address from a PPP server. If the PPP server does not offer an IP address, the IP address specified for the TCP/IP Dial-Up Adapter in Network Properties (in the Control Panel) is used.

Specify an IP address

Select this option if you want to define a specific IP address for the Dial-Up Connection. Then enter the appropriate address.

This option is useful if you have more than one Internet account and want to use different IP addresses for different connections.

Server assigned name server address

Select this option if you want the Dial-Up Connection to accept DNS and WINS server addresses from a PPP server. If the PPP server does not offer DNS and WINS addresses, the DNS and WINS addresses specified for TCP/IP in Network Properties (in the Control Panel) are used

Specify name server addresses

Select this option if you want to define specific DNS and/or WINS server addresses for the Dial-Up Connection. Then enter the appropriate addresses. You can specify a primary and secondary address for both DNS and WINS.

This option is useful if you have more than one Internet account and want to use different DNS and WINS server addresses for different connections

Use IP header compression

Select this option if you want to use IP header compression for the Dial-Up Connection. Compression optimises data transfer between computers.

Use default gateway on remote network

Select this option if you want IP traffic routed to the WAN connection by default.

Windows** 3.x Options

The following option only applies to dial-up connections for Windows 3.x clients.

Domain name

Enter the TCP\IP domain name of the Windows 3.x client.

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Dial-Up Connection Windows 3.x Properties Page

Allows you to configure additional properties for Windows** 3.x dial-up connections (these are used as Phone Book Dial-in services by remote Windows 3.x clients).

Note: Security properties for Windows 3.x dial-up connections are specified in the Server page.

This connection uses a lease line

Select this option if the dial-in service modem uses a leased line.

Show terminal window

If the dial-in service for which you are configuring this dial-up connection prompts for information after dialing and before the connection is made (for example, user login details or connection information), you can select this option to have a terminal window displayed before the connection is made. The terminal window makes information entry easier.

Automatic script

If you selected the Show terminal window check box, you can choose to use an automatic connection script for the dial-in service. If the script you enter does not exist when the dial-up connection is used, it is recorded at that point.

COM Port Settings

COM port settings define the type of service provided by the dial-in service modem.

Parity

Select the appropriate parity type for the modem.

Data bits

Select the number of data bits per byte transmitted by the modem.

Stop bits

Select the number of stop bits between bytes transmitted by the modem.


Dial-Up Networking Administration - Schema Update

The schema for the trees listed in this dialog has not been updated with the latest Corporate Dial-Up Connection object settings.

Note: "Dial-Up Connection" is a Windows** 95** term. A Dial-Up Connection is exactly the same as a Windows** 3.x Dial-in service. Dial-Up Connections can be configured in the NetWare Administrator snap-ins as either Windows 3x Dial-in services or Windows 95 Dial-Up Connections.
The term Dial-Up Connection is used throughout the NetWare Administrator dialog boxes and help.

Modify

Select the trees that you want to update with the latest settings, and then choose Modify.

Don’t show this dialog again

Select this option if you do not want to update the settings for one or more of the listed trees, and you do not want this dialog to display each time you log in.

Note:  If you choose not to have the dialog displayed on subsequent log ins, you can use the NDSPUR32.EXE program at anytime to reset the dialog so that it displays again at each log in.


Dial-Up Networking Administration - Schema Update Error

This message appears if the schema could not be updated.

Check that you have supervisory rights to the root object in each tree listed in the message.


Domain SAP/RIP Server (DSS)

A service on a NetWare*/IP* network that replaces IPX* broadcast services. DSS servers maintain a database that provides NetWare/IP servers and clients with the SAP/RIP (service availability and routing) information required by NetWare applications.


Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

The rules by which an IP address is assigned on request by a workstation. The IP address is assigned to the workstation only temporarily. The next time the workstation requests an IP address, it might or might not be assigned the same one.


Remove Novell Mobile Services Class

Allows you to purge (remove) the Dial-Up Connection object class from the NDS* schema.

Class

Select the Dial-Up Connection object class.

Tree

Select the required trees.

Reset administration dialogs

If you have switched off any Dial-Up Networking administration dialogs (for example, the NDS Schema Update prompt) you can select this option to reset the dialogs so that they display again at subsequent logins.

Note: You must select this option if you have switched off the NDS Schema Update prompt. When you purge the Dial-Up Connection object class, you need the NDS Schema Update prompt to reinstate the object class.

Remove objects

Select this option to remove all existing Dial-Up Connection objects. You must remove Dial-Up Connection objects before you can purge the Dial-Up Connection object class.

Remove classes

Select this option to purge the Dial-Up Connection class from the NDS schema.

Apply

Click Apply to update the NDS schema with the specified options.

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Trademarks, Copyright, and Patents

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dial-in point

A piece of equipment on the network (often but not always a server) which controls remote requests to dial in to the network.