Chapter 8. Remote Access

The Remote Access Server component is identical to the LAN Distance Connection Server (LDCS) that was sold seperately before OS/2 Warp Server.

The Remote Access Service is a software based solution to either connect a remote workstation to a LAN or other single workstation, or to connect two remote LANs. To build the connection, you can either use a modem attached to your serial port (COM-port) or ISDN cards, which must provide a special ANDIS driver that is needed to imbed the ISDN card as a LAN adapter in Multi-Protocol Transport Services (MPTS).

Figure 47: LAN Distance Connection Server

The Remote Access connection behaves like a multiprotocol bridge. It transports all protocols that you can bind to an adapter in MPTS. For example, you can perform 3270 emulation using IEEE 802.2, browse the web using Netscape with TCP/IP, or log on to a remote Warp Server.

However, the difference that you will see as a remote user is that the dialed connection is much slower than beeing connected directly to a LAN. Therefore, you should not try to lauch an application like Lotus Notes from a LAN drive, when you are connected through a 28,800 baud modem connection.

The advantage of using the Remote Access Services in OS/2 Warp Server is the capability to use multiple protocols at the same time while the application is not aware that it is working remotely. The built in access security is also one of the highlights of Remote Access Services. It provides versatile capabilities such as sceduled logon times or call back.

8.1 Installing Remote Access Server