Setting Up Additional Service Providers; Isp Versus Private Network; When To Select Isp - 3Com OfficeConnect 3C892A User Manual

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Setting Up Additional
Service Providers
ISP versus Private
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A service provider is a location outside of your LAN that you would like to access
from your LAN, such as an ISP for access to the Internet or a private network such
as a remote office LAN. You can define up to four service providers (that is, remote
destinations) on the ISDN LAN Modem.
This section describes how to do the following.
Differentiate between an ISP and private network
Set up a connection to an ISP
Set up a connection to a private network
Associate computers on the LAN with selected service providers
Edit service provider profiles
If you set up a connection to an ISP as part of the typical (that is, initial) setup (via
the ISP Wizard), then you already have one service provider defined. Because this
is considered a typical configuration, some default values have been assumed. For
example, the connection to an ISP is associated with all of the computers
connected to your LAN. In other words, all computers (up to 10) on the LAN can
connect to that ISP and therefore the Internet. You may want to review the profile
for this ISP to see if you want to make any changes. For instructions, refer to
"Editing Service Provider
There are two types of service providers you may configure, an ISP and a private
network. A description of each follows.

When to Select ISP

Choose ISP when you want to set up a direct connection to the public Internet (via
an Internet Service Provider) as shown in Figure 41.
Figure 41 Direct Connection to an ISP
Profiles."
Internet or
online service
ISDN
LAN Modem
ISDN outlet