Configuring The RideWay Server PC For On-Demand Dialing
If you are using a dial-up connection to the Internet that uses Microsoft
Windows' Dial-Up Networking to connect
your Internet Service Provider, you can take advantage of RideWay's
On-Demand Dialer feature so that any machine
on the RideWay LAN can establish a connection to the Internet at anytime.
Before enabling on-demand dialing in RideWay, you must first do the
following in order to prevent dialer conflicts:
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1) On the RideWay Server PC that is connected to the Internet,
Go
into control panel, Click 'Internet', Click 'Connection'.
Make sure that "Connect to the Internet as needed is UNCHECKED."
In
later versions, this could be "Connect to the Internet using a modem"
In that case, change to "connect to the Internet using a LAN."
2)
In Dial-Up Networking,
Click 'Connections'
Click Settings.
Make Sure that 'Redial is UNCHECKED
Make Sure 'Prompt to use dial-up networking' is UNCHECKED
* Start the RideWay software.
* Click 'Dialer'
* Click 'Dialer Control'
* At the bottom, Check 'Enable On-demand dialing. Check 'Include DNS
requests.'
* In the box below, you can specify when you want RideWay to disconnect
if
no one on the LAN is connected to the Internet.
* Once this is in place, Client PC users need only click on their browser
to invoke a connection
from the Server to the Internet.
Configuring The RideWay Server For On-Demand Dialing
If you use the RideWay On-Demand Dialing feature, and, you want to get
the most
consistency and performance out of your LAN, it is strongly recommended
that
the RideWay Server PC be configured to go through the RideWay software
when
accessing the Internet. By configuring your RideWay Server PC to go
through the RideWay software,
a user on the Server PC need only click on the browser to establish
a connection.
Based on the configuration examples, you would use the following configuration
setup for
the Server PC:
SERVER PC:
___________
In Network Properties for TCP/IP for Ethernet LAN Card:
What is the IP Address? _________________===============> Enter
192.168.1.1
What is Sub-Net Mask ___________________===============>
Enter 255.255.255.0
In DNS Configuration,
Is 'Enable DNS' Clicked?
_______==================> Click 'Enable DNS'
Host Name:
__________________==================> Tom
Domain Name:
_________________====================> itserv.net
List the Numbers in 'DNS
Search Order.
____________________==================> Enter 192.168.1.1
____________________
____________________
List the Numbers in 'Gateway.
____________________====================> Leave Blank
In Network Properties for TCP/IP for Dial-Up Adaptor:
What is the IP Address? _________________=================> In
all machines, leave as 'Obtain IP address automatically'
What is Sub-Net Mask ___________________
List the Numbers in 'Gateway.
____________________================> LEAVE BLANK
In Internet Explorer or Netscape (All versions),
Click View
Click Options
Click Connection
If this is IE 3.02, MAKE SURE that 'connect to the Internet as needed'
is UNCHECKED
Under Proxy server,
Click Advanced.
Under SOCKS Server, enter 192.168.1.1. In PORT, enter 1080. Make sure
all other server boxes are empty.
Click OK.
In RideWay Software,
Under 'Server Control',
List the numbers in 'DNS Server Numbers'
____________________=================> Enter the DNS Numbers provided by
your Internet Provider
____________________
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