Testing Ras; Test And Inspection Procedures - Philips M3150B Installation And Service Manual

Testing RAS

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Test and
Inspection
Procedures
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Step 4. Select the applicable (e.g. US Robotics 56K) modem and press Next until
the Finish button appears.
Step 5. Press Finish.
An Incoming connections icon is now in the Network and Dial-up Connections
window.
Step 6. Right-click on this icon and select Properties.
Step 7. Verify the Modem, User, and Networking properties.
The following procedure describes how to test the RAS connection.
Step 1. Go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Routing and Remote
Access and click on the Server Name in the left frame. Right click and select
All Tasks -> Start or Restart to start the service.
If no errors, a window displays. Right-click on All Tasks. Verify the Start button is
disabled, and the Stop button is active. To test it completely, a modem connection
should be made to the machine.
Step 2. Connect a phone line to the external modem and follow the procedure in
Appendix D: Dial-In Procedure for Remote Access to Information
Center Systems.
When testing is complete:
Step 3. Stop RAS services and disconnect the Phone Line. Do NOT turn off the
power to the modem.
When RAS is stopped, the Incoming connections icon is not displayed in the
Network and Dial-up Connections window.
At this point RAS is installed and operating properly.
Step 4. If the Incoming connections icon is not displayed, restart RAS services by
repeating step 1. Refresh the Network and Dial-up Connections window.
Follow the Test and Inspection procedures given in Chapter 8 of this manual.
These performance assurance procedures must be performed before using RAS.
Procedure
External Modem Installation
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