Installation guide

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SP201-SA™ Customization and Maintenance Guide
Note: The SP201-SA does not have an IP address; however, it has a direct
serial connection to a local terminal. If the local terminal has an IP address
and you wish to use a remote terminal to communicate with the SignalPath,
you must connect the remote terminal to the SignalPath’s local terminal.
1.6.1 Sample Connections and Products
The following are typical connections between the local and remote
terminals:
• Virtual private network (VPN), using the Point-to-Point Tunneling
Protocol (PPTP). PPTP VPN is available in Microsoft Windows 98 and
above.
• Virtual network computing (VNC)
• Telnet protocol, through a VPN tunnel. After connection, the remote
terminal can use its copy of a terminal-emulation program (e.g.,
HyperTerminal) to manage the SignalPath device.
There are many products that can be used for remote access to the
SignalPath’s local terminal. The following are some products available for
remote access (with URLs for product information):
• NetMeeting www.microsoft.com/windows/netmeeting
• pcAnywhere www.symantec.com/pcanywhere
• RealVNC www.realvnc.com
• Yahoo! Messenger messenger.yahoo.com
1.6.2 Connection Overview
Remote access to the SignalPath device has two components, as shown in
Figure 1-4: the connection between the SignalPath and its local terminal, and
the connection between the local terminal and the remote terminal.