User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients

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Using Remote Access Service
Isolating Problems
The Remote Access service (RAS) allows off-site PC users transparent
access to network resources via a telephone connection with a network. This
appendix describes how to install RAS on a workstation running MS-DOS
version 3.3 or later with or without Microsoft Windows versions 3.0 or 3.1.
It describes how to use a Windows NT or LAN Manager network from a
remote workstation and how to troubleshoot any problems that may occur. It
also includes information on modifying your modem information script and
configuration files.
When RAS is installed, your workstation has a Phone Book program for
entering and maintaining the names and telephone numbers of remote net-
works. You can connect to and disconnect from these networks from either
the command line or the Phone Book program, using one of many different
types of modems.
Once you are connected to a network, you have access to network resources
as if you were in the office, subject to the same privilege and permission
restrictions. You can use net commands, access shared directories and print-
ers, and use client-server applications. RAS also saves memory on your
workstation, because you don’t need to load multiple protocols to use multi-
ple networks.
For information on using RAS from Windows for Workgroups workstations
or MS-DOS Workgroup Connection workstations, see the Release Notes
with your Network Client manuals, along with your Windows for Work-
groups or Workgroup Connection manual(s). For information on installing
RAS on a server, see your Windows NT manuals.