Remote access - how are u doing it?

[Richard Frost]

Does anyone have a good way to remotely access lotus notes that doesn't require a
serial port on the server for each concurrent dial-in user ? Looking for good
way to support a large number of remote users.

[Jeffrey Ray Beusse]

In article <393s3i$b...@ixnews1.ix.netcom.com>,

Have you read up on the dial-in replication capabilities via a modem using
Notes? I dial in almost nightly to the server at work since I am a student
and not there every day.

Later,
Jeff

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[byw...@delphi.com]

We're using the standard solution, that used by many BBS's and others, a
multi-port board. IT's worked so well and so transparently from the very
beginning, that DAMN!, I can't remember their name! I'm at home or I'd just
go around the corner and pull down their documentation, which we never needed.
They're great, now that I think of it, their product always works... slap it
in, hook up your modem bank and you're golden. Who are they??? They deserve
a reward, I swear!

[Gary Elmes]

You might want to try using an AccessBuilder or Centrex box on your LAN, so
that users can dial up and establish an IPX session across the LAN segment.
However, I suspect that it would be cheaper and easier to administer just to
stick the extra ports & modems into the server.

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[Olav Tollefsen]

Run Lotus Notes on a Windows NT Server and use
Remote Access Services (RAS) which is included with
Windows NT.
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Olav Tollefsen
Digital Equipment Corporation, Norway
233 MHz Alpha AXP + Windows NT 3.5 = RAW SPEEED!!!

[Patrick Kloepfer]

If you have a large number of users spread across the country or world,
you might want to consider using an X.25 board (EICON) and an X.25
provider. If it is a small number of users or they are all located in
the same city I would stay with a Digi-board solution and multiple
modems with a "hunt group" type number (one number that rings between
many lines).

Best,

Patrick Kloepfer
Notes Service
CompuServe

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[byw...@delphi.com]

That is the name that eluded me, despite my attempts offline last night at
random association memory tickling (write down everything that comes to mind
and then look it over... the answer is some combination of what you have
written) the name is DIGI-BOARD, yes DIGI-BOARD. Takes one slot and provides
8 (or more) com ports. Hang the modems on and away you go. You DO need a
phone tree so that there is only one number to call and, unknown to your
, it cascades through to the first available number in your modem bank.
But! This works. It always has for us. It has NEVER been a snag. -bw

[Peter Livingstone]

In <393s3i$b...@ixnews1.ix.netcom.com> Plu...@ix.netcom.com (Richard Frost) writes:

>
>
>Does anyone have a good way to remotely access lotus notes that doesn't require a
>serial port on the server for each concurrent dial-in user ? Looking for good
>way to support a large number of remote users.
>

At Funk Software, Cambridge, MA, we are nearing release of WanderLink, a remote access
server which runs as an .NLM on a NetWare server. You can then hang modems off the
serial ports of the NetWare server or add an intelligent asynchonous board (such as a
digiboard) for multiple connections.

You can then set up an icon on the Notes toolbar which allows your users to double
click to establish a connection to the LAN and login to any NetWare server. From that
one connection point, they can then replicate to/from any Notes server on the network.

We use WanderLink for this purpose now.

[Richard Kalm]

Try using LanDistance from IBM. We use it to connect multiple users and
have had no problems.

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rk...@rahul.net | =========

[Dave Newbold]

>
> Does anyone have a good way to remotely access lotus notes that doesn't require a
> serial port on the server for each concurrent dial-in user ? Looking for good
> way to support a large number of remote users.

Richard,

You could try using the Internet:

1. Put your Notes servers on an Internet connected LAN using TCP/IP.

2. Have your remote clients dial in via a service provider using PPP
or SLIP. They can connect to any server on your LAN (or any Internet
connected LAN) and your servers will support between 32 to 64 user
sessions (depending on OS and TCP stack.)

Try it you will like it! It is fast and flexible. The downside is that
you have to train users to use the PPP or SLIP protocols and they have
to manually initiate the sessions...

/Dave