Remote Access Services
Before you begin configuring the remote services, make sure you have installed and loaded PPPRNS, ARAS, or NCS. For information about loading PPPRNS or ARAS, refer to Loading PPPRNS or Loading ARAS. For information about loading NCS, refer to Loading NCS.
You can verify that the services are installed by selecting Generate Configuration Report from the Configuration Options window.
Do one of the following to determine which services are running:
- Select Display Service Status from the Status window.
- Enter MODULES at the server console prompt. If the services are loaded, you will see PPPRNS, NCS, or ARAS in the list of modules.
Refer to Configuring PPPRNS for the following PPPRNS configuration tasks:
- Specifying Internetwork Packet ExchangeTM (IPXTM) parameters (optional)
- Specifying IP parameters (optional)
- Specifying ISDN short-hold parameters
- Specifying PPP multilink
- Configuring PPPRNS security
Refer to Configuring ARAS for the following ARAS configuration tasks:
- Forwarding packets to AppleTalk with Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) embedded
- Specifying Apple remote access client versions
ARAS supports both types of Apple Remote Access (ARA) clients: ARA 2.0 and ARA 1.0.
Refer to Configuring NCS for how to specify the following information:
- List of general names from the port groups
- Modified general name for shared DIALIN ports
- Modem-independent group (optional)
- Server alias
- NCS remote dial-in security
- NASI network security
- Command Interpreter (CI) prompt
- Break duration
