Specifications

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The No local LAN, invoke PPPoE only option must first be selected in the Network
Setup dialog box. After being selected, the PPPoE Manager can be used and is
available from the desktop to configure and invoke PPPoE connection to WAN. Once
connected, all packets are through a PPP connection over Ethernet to the DSL
modem.
The PPPoE Manager dialog box is not accessible for users with sign-on privilege set to
None. However, access to the PPPoE Manager dialog box is not necessary if the
connection is to be established at startup. And unless the unit is locked down,
establishing the PPPoE connection would take place before reading an ini file.
Therefore any unit which is not locked down would have the default privilege (high) at
this boot stage.
Open the PPPoE Manager dialog box by selecting it from the desktop menu. This
dialog box also may be set to open automatically on system start-up.
The PPPoE Manager dialog box allows configuration for the following ISP login -
properties:
Login Username - (up to 43 characters)
Login Password - (up to 15 characters)
Auto-Connect - A check box to select if Auto-Connect on system startup is
desired.
Use default gateway on remote (PPPoE) network - A check box to select using
the default gateway on system startup is desired.
Dial-up Modem - A USB dial-up modem or a USB-to-Serial adapter connected to a
serial modem can be used with the thin client to access a dial-up server.
The dial-up server may provide either of two methods of access to the enterprise
intranet:
An enterprise dial-up server will directly connect to the enterprise intranet.
An Internet Service Provider (ISP) dial-up server simply provides access to the
Internet, from which the thin client must access an enterprise PPTP VPN server
that connects to the enterprise intranet.
Note
The dial-up server must be a Microsoft Remote Access Server or another
server that supports industry-standard protocols.
PPTP VPN - PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) is a network protocol that
enables the secure transfer of data between a remote client (in this case the thin client)
and an enterprise server environment by creating a virtual private network (VPN)
across TCP/IP-based data networks such as the Internet. It provides a
password-protected path through the enterprise firewall to the enterprise server
environment in which the network and session services required by thin clients reside.
An Internet Service Provider (ISP) must be available to provide access to the Internet.
Any of the standard means of connecting to the ISP may be used, such as a dial-up
modem, cable modem, and DSL modem. The connection to the ISP must be
established first, before contacting the enterprise PPTP VPN server. This includes
dial-up access as well as direct access through the cable modem and DSL modem
paths.
Note
For more information on these methods of access, refer to the Users Guide:
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