Accessing Servers From The Public Network; Supporting Dial-In Access To Your Network; Creating Your Own Private Wide Area Network - Acer 700 Series User Manual

Accessing Servers from the Public Network

If you want special servers (e.g., an e-mail server, an FTP server, or a web server) to
be accessible by remote users across the Internet, all you need to do is to "apply" for a
few "public" IP addresses (from your ISP), assign one of them to the router, and
assign one IP address to each server.

Supporting Dial-in Access to Your Network

You can set up your AcerRouter 700 to allow users to connect to your network and
share resources from home or while they're travelling. The AcerRouter 700's built-in
configuration program makes the necessary setup a snap. As a security feature, after a
user calls in, the AcerRouter can hang up and call that user back at a pre-configured
telephone number.
Telephone
Network
Your LAN
ISDN
ISDN
AcerRouter 700
Dial-in Users
Figure 1-2 Dial-in Access

Creating Your Own Private Wide Area Network

You can create your own private wide area network with AcerRouter 700
multifunction routers and allow two or more remote networks to connect to one
another and share resources. The remote network can use an ISDN router from a
different vendor - as long as it also supports LAN to LAN communication.
Your LAN #1
ISDN
Network
Your LAN #2
AcerRouter 700
AcerRouter 700
Figure 1-3 Connecting Two or More Networks (ISDN)
1-3 AcerRouter 700 Series User Guide