Support for Remote Control Dial-in Connections

Remote control dial-in connections consist of one of the following:

• PCs dialing in and remotely controlling dedicated workstations or application servers on the network
• Macintosh computers dialing in and connecting to Macintosh computers or PCs on the network

To set up remote control connections, you must have third-party remote control applications that support NASI or the Windows communication driver. Third-party remote control applications supporting NASI or Win2NCS use NCS to establish a dial-in connection. The remote control application includes a host and a remote component. The remote component is installed on the calling PC, and the host component is installed on the network workstation or the application server. NCS manages the connection between the host and the remote components of the third-party application.

Configuring the Host

To set up a remote control connection, complete the following steps on the network workstation:

1. Distribute the client software. Refer to Distributing the Client Software.

2. Configure the client network workstation. Refer to Configuring Clients Dialing Out.

   For Win2NCS, make sure you specify a unique name. If you want all callers to access this session, you can make the session public by selecting the Public Session check box in the Win2NCS program. If the session is private, the caller must specify the same username and password that were specified on the host when Win2NCS was started.

3. If the host session on the network selects a DIALIN port, enter a username and session name. If NCS dial-in security is enabled, also enter the Remote Client password.

   If the host session on the network selected a dedicated port, the caller is automatically connected to the host session. For more information, refer to the Novell Internet Access Server 4.1 remote access online help.

4. Make sure your third-party application supports remote control connections.

5. From the server console, specify Remote Client passwords for callers dialing in.

   Refer to Setting Remote Client Passwords. If you do not want the caller to specify a password, turn off NCS dial-in security. Refer to Specifying the NCS Configuration to disable NCS dial-in security.

Configuring the Remote Workstation

To configure the remote workstation, complete the following steps on the remote workstation dialing in:

1. Start the remote component of the third-party application and dial in to remote access.

2. If the host session on the network selected a DIALIN port, enter a username and session name. If NCS dial-in security is enabled, also enter the Remote Client password.

   If the host session on the network selected a dedicated port, the caller is automatically connected to the host session.