PLANNING
To connect a local HCL Domino® server with a remote server that does not have its own modem, create a Network Dialup connection. Domino uses Microsoft™ Dial-Up Networking (DUN) and the Microsoft Remote Access Service (RAS) to make a dialup connection to a non-Domino server on the remote network.
About this task
After establishing the connection, the local server uses the remote access service to communicate with the destination server. Domino can interact with resources on the other network as if it were connected directly to the network, routing mail and replicating databases with servers on the remote network.
Because RAS uses its own compression, Domino compression should not be used with RAS.
HCL Notes® clients and Domino servers who establish a Network Dialup connection to a Remote Access Server can access the entire remote Domino network over the remote LAN. After establishing a connection, the calling client or server can communicate with servers on the remote LAN using the network protocols defined in RAS only, that is, TCP/IP and Netbios.
Note: To ensure the best performance for connections that use data-compressing modems, do not apply Domino network data encryption to ports using these modems. Rather than reducing the size of the transmitted data, the modem's hardware compression techniques can increase it, negating the benefits of the modem compression.
Procedure
1. Configure the modem port on the source server, using the LAN protocol.
2. Make sure that the remote access service is properly set up on the local Domino server and on the remote network server.
4. Click Server and then Connections.
5. Click Add Connection.
6. Complete the following fields:
For SMTP routing connections, enter the host name of the destination server, for example, internet.isp.com.
Leave this field blank when configuring SMTP routing to an ISP server.
Enter a fully-qualified host name or IP address -- for example, HR-E.Renovations.com or 192.22.256.36. Because IP addresses are subject to change, for ease of management, it's best to use host names in Connection documents. When a host name is used, if the IP address changes, the connecting server obtains the updated IP address from the DNS.
Optionally, you can complete the following additional fields in the dialog box. If you complete these fields, the settings override those configured in the specified Dial-up Networking entry on the server. These settings are used by the remote access service, not by Domino.
The remaining fields on this tab are read-only and display information only if you completed the corresponding field in the previous step.
9. Click Save & Close.
Parent topic: Planning for modem use
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