System information

Figure 174. Internet Connection
There are some prerequisites for getting remote access. Of course you have to
have a hardware connection to the Internet, which might be established in
several ways, depending on your logical connection. Let′s have a look at the
different possibilities. For all of the possible connections to the remote site there
are the following prerequisites for the local TME 10 NetFinity Manager:
1. NetFinity Manager code must
not have been installed. If you are connected
to the remote LAN using the Web browser, you are using the TME 10
NetFinity Manager from your remote managing workstation.
2. An Internet Web browser code has to be installed such as IBM OS/2
WebExplorer or Netscape. In our example we are using Netscape as a Web
browser product. Since all information from the TME 10 NetFinity 4.0
manager is being sent as an Internet page including some GIF files, you can
browse independent of the operating system. Therefore you may also use a
Web browser running on a different system platform. For example, you may
use an Internet Web browser running on a PowerPC-based system under AIX
or NT.
3. Internet connection has been set up. This may be done by in the following
ways:
•
Connecting to the Internet using your local Internet server.
•
Establishing the connection through a service providers network, such as
logging on to CompuServe and then passing through to the Internet. In
this case the Internet service provider gives you a valid Internet ID.
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