Technical data

IP, IPX, and AppleTalk Dial-Up Environments 5-7

Configuring Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Access

Conﬁguring NetBIOS over TCP

To enable clients running NetBIOS over TCP to dial in to IP network resources, perform the

following tasks on the access server:

Step 1 Specify a hostname or IP address of your Wins server on the network:

2511(config)# async-bootp nbns-server 172.18.42.8

Step 2 If you have one or more domain name servers on the network, specify a host name or IP

address of that domain name server:

2511(config)# async-bootp dns-server 172.18.42.12 172.18.42.10

Make sure you have the following in your NetBIOS network:

• A Microsoft Windows domainized environment

• A Wins server

• A primary domain controller (logon controller)

For more information about conﬁguring your Windows NT environment, refer to your Microsoft

documentation or online resource, such as the World-Wide Web page “Microsoft TechNet” at the

following URL: http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/.

Enabling PPP Clients to Dial In and Access AppleTalk Resources

To enable PPP clients using PPP applications to access AppleTalk resources on a network, ﬁrst

perform the following tasks, as described in the earlier section “Accessing IP Resources.”

• Assign an IP address to an Ethernet interface

• Enable PPP encapsulation on all asynchronous interfaces that will accept calls from PPP clients

that need to access AppleTalk resources.

Note AppleTalk routing is not supported on asynchronous interfaces conﬁgured for PPP that allow

IP clients to access AppleTalk resources.

Next, perform the following steps:

Step 1 Create an internal network on the access server by issuing the appletalk virtual-net

command. The internal network number and zone name also can be used for dial-in using

ARA (but do not need to be the same).

2511(config)# appletalk virtual-net 101 ara-dialin

Step 2 Enable AppleTalk client mode on asynchronous interfaces conﬁgured for PPP dial-in.

The following example shows client mode conﬁgured on a group asynchronous interface.

2511(config)# interface group-async1

2511(config-if)# appletalk client-mode

At this point, PPP clients can dial in to a network and access AppleTalk resources, such as

AppleShare servers and printers.