USRobotics NETServer/8 - Manual (Page 32)

3-2 Configuration Overview
Where do I go from here?
Each of the three applications has a section of this manual
devoted to its setup. If you want to begin configuration
immediately, you may go to one of the chapters listed below:
Application Section
User Dial In Access Chapters 4 and 5
LAN-to-LAN Routing Chapter 6
IP Modem Sharing Chapter 7
Note that there are actually two Chapters for user dial in access.
They cover two very different types of user: login users and
network dial in users.
Login Users
These are users requesting terminal access to an IP host. They
dial into the NETServer and are connected to the requested host
with a login service such as Telnet or Rlogin. Note that these
users don’t need an IP address, since they aren’t actually
attaching to the network.
Login Users
Terminal-style login
using a service such
as Telnet or Rlogin
Network Dial In Users
Use PPP or SLIP to
become a virtual node
of the network
Dial In
Users
(See Chapter 4 for setup)
(See Chapter 5 for setup)
Network Dial In Users
These users actually pretend to be nodes, complete with ad-
dresses, on the network. They do this by using PPP or SLIP to
send network packets over the phone lines. Since all IPX users
attach to the network and have addresses, All IPX users are of
this type.