AWAN 3883/4/5 Access Server Configuration and Management Manual

Introduction to the AWAN Access Server
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Remote Access Connections
Detailed information about asynchronous terminal and serial printer connections is
provided in Section 8, Configuring Asynchronous Terminal and Serial Printer
Connections.
Remote Access Connections
The AWAN access server’s remote access feature enables it to perform LAN routing
functions for DOS, Windows, and Macintosh computers. The remote access feature
provides three types of remote access connections as follows:
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Remote-node access enables a workstation to dial into a modem connected to the
AWAN access server and, once connected, function as if it were directly connected
to the local area network (LAN).
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Remote-office access is the same as remote-node access except that the workstation
can access resources elsewhere in the network.
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Remote-control access enables a remote workstation to dial into the AWAN access
server to remotely control a workstation on the LAN.
AWAN access servers support the routing of IP, IPX, and Apple Remote Access Protocol
(ARAP) traffic.
Figure 1-2
shows an AWAN access server in a remote-node configuration. In this
example, a personal computer (PC) can dial into a modem on an AWAN access server.
By using the proper software packages, the PC can simultaneously use 6530 terminal
emulation, Web servers, and client/server applications that employ Remote Server Call
(RSC) and NonStop ODBC on the Himalaya NonStop server.
Note. The AWAN access server supports Internet Packet Exchange (IPX) traffic as a router
only; it does not support asynchronous terminal or asynchronous printer sessions using IPX as
either a client or a server. All asynchronous ports connect to network nodes using TCP/IP
Telnet sessions.
Note. A workstation connected to an AWAN access server as an IPX remote access client can
access NonStop IPX/SPX applications on the Himalaya NonStop server. NonStop IPX/SPX
applications cannot directly access AWAN access server resources, however.
Routing of IPX and ARAP traffic is supported on AWAN access server models 3883-8R, 3883-
16R, 3884R, and 3885R only.