ADDER AdderLink IP manual

AdderLink IP User Guide   LOC REM VNC 100 LNK PWR[...]

           1 Contents Intr oduction AdderView IP features - front and rear ..................................... 4 What’ s in the box ...........................................[...]

           2 F urther information Getting assistance ...................................................................... 32 T roubleshooting ...................................[...]

           3 I ntroduction Thank you for choosing the AdderLink IP from Adder T echnology . This intelligent product delivers straightforwar d setup, secure operation and the abil[...]

           4 AdderView IP featur es - front and r ear Considering its capabilities, the AdderView IP is supplied within a remarkably compact casing. Measuring just 198mm x 120mm x[...]

           5 What’ s in the box AdderLink IP Power supply and country- specic power lead Four Self-adhesive rubber feet What y ou may additionally need CD-ROM Slave power swi[...]

           6 I nstallation M ounting AdderLink IP offers thr ee main mounting methods: • Supplied four self-adhesive rubber feet • Optional single unit rack brackets • Optio[...]

           7 Connections Installation of the AdderLink IP involves a number of basic connections to some or all of the following items: • Host computer or KVM switch ð • Loca[...]

           8 Local keyboar d, video monitor and mouse A locally connected keyboard, video monitor and mouse ar e requir ed during the initial conguration. These are also useful[...]

           9 Modem/ISDN port The AdderLink IP provides a serial port specically for you to connect either a modem or ISDN terminal adapter . This can be used as a primary , sec[...]

           10 P ower contr ol port The AdderLink IP provides a serial port for connection to one or mor e optional power control units. This allows you to contr ol the mains power[...]

           11 Conguration Initial conguration The initial conguration occurs as two distinct parts: Part 1 – Local conguration This part of the conguration takes [...]

           12 T o perform the initial local conguration 3 If necessary , edit the Modem cong screen. A d d e r L i n k I P U n i t C o n f i g H o t K e y s C t r l + A l t [...]

           13 Once the username and password have been accepted, the screen should now show th e ho st comp uter sc re en ( or , if non e is con nec ted, a blan k im age ). 6 T o [...]

           14 Hot plugging and mouse r estoration It is strongly r ecommended that you switch off a host computer befor e attempting to connect it to the AdderLink IP . However , [...]

           15 Resetting the conguration The AdderLink IP asks for an unknown admin password This may occur if the AdderLink IP has been previously congur ed. If the existing[...]

           16 P art 2 – Remote conguration The second part of the conguration requir es you to log into the AdderLink IP from a system via either a network connection or a[...]

           17 N etworking issues Thanks to its robust security the AdderLink IP of fers you great exibility in how it integrates into an existing network structure. The AdderLi[...]

           18 Addressing When the AdderLink IP is situated within the local network, you will need to give it an appropriate local IP addr ess and IP network mask. This is achieve[...]

           19 Placing AdderLink IP alongside the r ewall AdderLink IP is built from the gr ound-up to be secure. It employs a sophisticated 128bit public/private key system tha[...]

           20 P ower switching conguration Power switch conguration comprises two main steps: • Congure the COM2 serial port to the same speed as used by the power swit[...]

           21 A d d e r L i n k I P M a i n t e n a n ce R e s e t C o n f i g u r a t i on r e t u r n t o n o r m a l o p e r a t io n . C o n f i g u r e N e t w o r k P u t o [...]

           22 Operation Connecting to the AdderLink IP The AdderLink IP offers you thr ee ways to connect: • Local connection, • Remote connection by network link, • Remote [...]

           23 Remote connections From a r emote system, you connect to the AdderLink IP using a viewer and a link. There ar e two types of viewer and two types of link, which can [...]

           24 Remote connection by VNC viewer The VNC viewer is a compact application that runs on your remote system and allows you to view and use the AdderLink IP and its host [...]

           25 U sing the viewer windo w The viewer window gives you the ability to view and control the AdderLink IP and its host computer(s). Its operation is almost identical re[...]

           26 Host selection The Hosts button on the menu bar provides the quickest and most efcient way to switch between host computers. This is because the button is close a[...]

           27 Access mode - shared/priv ate Up to ve users can be simultaneously logged-on (four remote users plus one local user) and during normal operation, all are able to [...]

           28 Keyboard contr ol This option displays a keyboard contr ol dialog and is useful for sending keyboard combinations (to the host) that are needed r egularly or that ar[...]

           29 Video settings This dialog provides access to all of the key video settings that determine image quality and link performance. All settings can be individually subje[...]

           30 If y ou need to enter a por t number Usually , when you make a network connection to the AdderLink IP (either using the VNC viewer or a Web br owser) you simply ente[...]

           31 Viewer encryption settings The web browser viewers and VNC viewers (of level 4.0b5S or higher) of fer four encryption options. The resulting actions of certain optio[...]

           32 F ur ther infor mation This chapter contains a variety of information, including the following: • Getting assistance - see below • T roubleshooting - see right ?[...]

           33 Appendix 1 - Local conguration menus This section covers the control menus that ar e available when you are using the locally connected keyboard, video monitor an[...]

           34 U nit conguration This page provides access to a selection of both basic and fundamental settings for the AdderLink IP . A d d e r L i n k I P U ni t C o n f ig H[...]

           35 N etwork conguration This page allows you to congure the various aspects of the IP port and its relationship with the local network. A d d e r L i n k I P N et[...]

           36 Modem conguration This page allows you to congure the COM1 serial port located at the rear of the AdderLink IP . A d d e r L i n k I P M od e m C o n fi g A T [...]

           37 Reset conguration This option allows you to completely reset the AdderLink IP . A d d e r L i n k I P R es e t C o n fi g D O Y O U W I S H T O C ON T I N U E ? C[...]

           38 Clear IP access control This option removes all entries fr om the IP access control featur e within the AdderLink IP . What is IP access control? The IP access contr[...]

           39 There ar e ve tabbed pages of options: Colour/Encoding Auto select When ticked, this option will examine the speed of your connection to the AdderLink IP and appl[...]

           40 Inputs Send pointer events to server When un-ticked, the VNC viewer will not send mouse movement or click data to the AdderLink IP or host system. Send keyboard even[...]

           41 Identities This feature helps your VNC viewer to conrm that a revisited AdderLink IP is genuine and not another device masquerading as an AdderLink IP . The list [...]

           42 Appendix 3 - VNC viewer windo w options Click the VNC icon in the top left corner of the viewer window to display the window options: Standard window contr ol items [...]

           43 There is a single page of options: Encoding and colour lev el Auto select When ticked, this option will examine the speed of your connection to the AdderLink IP and [...]

           44 Appendix 5 - R emote conguration menus This section covers the conguration menus that are available to r emote admin users using either the VNC viewer or the b[...]

           45 U ser accounts This section allows you to manage up to sixteen separate accounts. The rst of the sixteen accounts is the admin account and is the only account wit[...]

           46 U nit conguration This page provides access to a selection of both basic and fundamental settings for the AdderLink IP . Many of the settings displayed her e are [...]

           47 Advanced unit conguration Click this button to display several advanced options that do not normally requir e alteration. Force VNC pr otocol 3.3 IMPORT ANT : The[...]

           48 N etwork conguration This page allows you to congure the various aspects of the IP port and its relationship with the local network. MAC address Media Access C[...]

           49 Setting IP access control The golden rule with this feature is ‘Include befor e you exclude’ or to put it another way ‘Arrange allowed addresses in the list be[...]

           50 Serial port conguration This page provides all access to settings concerned with the two serial ports (modem and power control) that ar e situated at the rear of [...]

           51 Host conguration This page provides the opportunity to congur e various details for each of the host systems that may be connected to the AdderLink IP via one [...]

           52 Logging and status This screen pr ovides various details about the user activity on the AdderLink IP . Date and time the event occurred User name Access method or re[...]

           53 Appendix 6 – Addr esses, masks and ports IP address, network masks and ports ar e all closely linked in the quest for one device to nd another across disparate [...]

           54 N et masks - the binary explanation T o really understand the operation of a net mask it is necessary to delve deeper into the life blood of computers – binary ; t[...]

           55 Calculating the mask for IP access control The IP access control function uses a standar d IP address and a net mask notation to specify both single locations and ra[...]

           56 LOC REM VNC 100 LNK PWR Internet W eb server P orts If you accept the analogy of IP addresses being rather like telephone numbers, then think of ports as extension n[...]

           57 Appendix 7 – C able and connector specications RS232 serial mouse to PS/2 conv erter cable 5 1 CLK DCD NC NC NC 1 2 DA T RXD 2 5 TXD GND 3 4 GND Female 6 5 4 3 [...]

           58 Appendix 8 – H otkey sequence codes These codes are used when dening hotkey switching sequences for host computers and allow you to include almost any of the sp[...]

           59 Other products in the Adder range The following complementary KVM switch devices are available: • SmartView 4XPRO 16 port (part code: SV4X16) • SmartView 2XPRO 8[...]

           60 Radio F requency Energy A Category 5 (or better) twisted pair cable must be used to connect the AdderLink units in order to maintain compliance with radio fr equency[...]

           61 © 2004 Adder T echnology Limited All trademarks are acknowledged. Release 1.0 May 2004 Part No. ADD0053 Adder T echnology Limited, T echnology House, T rafalgar W a[...]

           62 HT I ndex A Access control conguration 49 mask calculation 55 Access mode shared & private 27 Account creation for users 45 Address explanation 53 Addressing [...]

           63 Mouse restoration 13,14 Mouse calibration 27 Mouse control 28 N Networking issues 17 Network conguration 35,48 Network port connecting 8 Net mask 21,35 explanatio[...]