Novell GROUPWISE 8 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual page 1078

"Remote Properties" on page 1079
"Remote Mode Connections" on page 1079
Async Gateway and X.25 Gateway
For GroupWise to use a modem connection, the GroupWise Async Gateway or X.25 Gateway must
be installed and configured in your GroupWise system. The gateway provides the means by which
the client communicates with the GroupWise system.
Remote Performance
You can configure the MTA so that it re-directs Remote mode requests to other MTAs and POAs.
The GroupWise client can establish a client/server connection to an MTA across the Internet. For
more information, see
Hit the Road
Users can use Hit the Road on the Tools menu (or switch from Online mode to Remote mode) to
create, set up, or update the Remote mailbox. A copy of the mailbox is created on the user's local
drive and any current connections are detected and set up. If users have already used Caching mode,
the local mailbox has already been created. Users can also use Hit the Road to create setup files on a
removable storage device (for example, a flash drive) to set up their Remote mailbox on a computer
that's not connected to the network. Several users can set up their Remote mailboxes on a single
shared computer.
Hit the Road creates a network connection for the method (direct connection or TCP/IP) GroupWise
uses to access the user's post office. GroupWise can then use this connection, when running in
Remote mode, to connect to the GroupWise system. For example, a network connection lets users of
docked laptops run GroupWise in Remote mode and connect to the GroupWise system through the
network connection rather than a modem connection.
Hit the Road also creates modem connections for Remote Profiles in the Async Gateway or X.25
Gateway. Remote Profiles let GroupWise connect to the GroupWise system.
To use Hit the Road:
1 In the GroupWise client, click Tools > Hit the Road.
2 Follow the prompts to create the Remote mailbox on the computer or on a removable storage
device.
Installing the Remote Mailbox from a Removable Storage Device
If Hit the Road created the user's Remote mailbox on a removable storage device, the user needs to
install the Remote mailbox on the computer that will be running in Remote mode.
1 Insert the removable storage device containing the Remote mailbox into the computer.
2 Run
setup.exe
Follow the prompts. The Setup program creates a Remote mailbox and copies the required files
to the computer's hard drive.
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on the removable storage device.
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