3Com 3C886 User Guide - Page 57
Advanced Configuration, Setting Up Additional Service Providers, Configuring LAN parameters
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6 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION This chapter describes the advanced configuration steps required for connecting to private networks such as a remote office LAN, and also provides instructions for changing your 56K LAN Modem's default settings. You should have first followed the typical configuration steps as detailed in the previous chapter before attempting to configure advanced parameters. The configuration windows shown in this chapter may differ slightly from what is displayed on your computer. Advanced Configuration This section provides instructions for the following. s Setting up additional service providers s Associating service providers with computers s Editing service provider profiles s Configuring LAN parameters s Configuring modem control parameters s Changing data call parameters s Changing your password s Locking the configuration s Disabling password protection for the Manual Calling screen s Configuring the LAN Modem from a remote location Setting Up Additional Service Providers A service provider is a location outside of your LAN that you would like to access, such as an ISP for connecting to the Internet or a private network such as a remote office LAN. You can define up to four service providers (that is, remote destinations) on the 56K LAN Modem. This section describes the following procedures. s Setting up a connection to an ISP s Setting up a connection to a private network s Associating computers on the LAN with selected service providers s Editing service provider profiles If you have set up a connection to an ISP as part of the typical (that is, initial) setup procedure, then you have already defined one service provider. Because this is considered a typical configuration, some default values have been assumed. For example, an ISP connection is associated with all of the computers connected to