User`s guide

Introducing Visitor-Based Networking and YesWare 1-5
Software Release 2.30 YesWare Applications User’s Guide 08-01016-01
Local host network connection requirements
The network hosting the YWS must have the following:
• Ethernet 10/100Base-T termination for the YWS network interface
• network connection to an existing local area network (LAN) or wide area
network (WAN) router
• access to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider (ISP) or other
Internet account
• valid TCP/IP network address configuration (IP address, network mask,
gateway address) for the YWS.
Table 1-1 on page 1-5 lists the protocol requirements for a network supporting
the YWS, based on the open systems interconnection (OSI) seven-layer
model.
Visitor computer requirements
All YesWare visitor computers must have an Ethernet 10Base-T network
interface card (NIC) configured to use the TCP/IP networking protocol. This
means the visitor computer must either have a specified IP address, network
mask, and gateway, or be configured to use DHCP (Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol).
A YesWare visitor computer can be configured with a TCP/IP address for the
resident LAN or a non-resident LAN. YesWare visitors can also be configured
for a random (non-existent) LAN, as long as the computer’s TCP/IP
configuration adheres to basic TCP/IP addressing rules. For example, an
YesWare visitor computer cannot be a duplicate of another visitor IP address
or have a "broadcast" address such as 255.255.255.255 as its assigned IP
address.
Table 1-1
YesWare host network protocol requirements
OSI layer YesWare Server protocol requirement
1/Physical Category 5 unshielded twisted pair (UTP) wiring and
infrastructure with RJ-45 terminations
2/Data-link IEEE 802.3 Ethernet 10Base-T
3/Network Internet Protocol (IP)
4/Transport Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
5/Session No specification
6/Presentation No specification
7/Application Internet Explorer 4.0+ or Netscape Navigator 3.0+