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Using CiscoRemote Applications
This chapter describes each of the Internet applications included in your CiscoRemote package. This chapter also provides the basic information that you need to use each application and its options.
Although these applications are referred to as Internet applications you can also use them to access resources in a private network, such as your company's LAN. If your company operates a World Wide Web (WWW) server, FTP server, e-mail server, or USENET server, CiscoRemote client applications.
All CiscoRemote applications, including Timbuktu Pro, use the Winsock API and the communications services of TCP/IP.
The full text of the manuals for all applications can be found on the CiscoRemote CD. See your Network Administrator for information on how to access those manuals.
The Netscape Navigator application lets you access information available on thousands of remote systems on the Internet without having to know their names or addresses. You can display information from World Wide Web servers, Gopher servers, Usenet (News) servers, and FTP servers.
The basic unit of information displayed by the Netscape Navigator is the page, which can contain text, graphics, sound and/or video. The content of a page is determined by its owner and today there are thousands of companies, federal and state governments, schools, associations, and individuals that have created a "home page" on the Internet.
A home page links to other pages, allowing you to point and click from one page to another. Text and graphic information on a page that is highlighted, underlined or distinguished by color, represents a link to another page. By clicking on this text or graphic, another page of information is retrieved and displayed. All of the complexity of addressing different pages, transferring a page and displaying information is hidden from the user by the Netscape Navigator.
When you launch Netscape Navigator the first time, the Cisco Systems, Inc. home page is displayed. You can use the scroll bars to view lower parts of the page which are outside of the display window. Notice that the graphics are filled in after the text. This allows you to begin reading the page before the entire page is transmitted across the Internet. Explore other pages by:
You can also go directly to pages that interest you by choosing certain menu items:
You should explore or surf the Internet to become comfortable with moving from page to page and discover some of the vast amount of information that awaits you. Many of the menu items and buttons will be self explanatory. Experiment with Netscape---you won't break anything.
Every page of information is identified by a world-wide unique address known as its Uniform Resource Locator (URL). You do not need to know the URL to retrieve a page, but the URL of the current page is shown by selecting the Document Information... item from the File menu. An example of a URL is:
http://www.cisco.com/
This URL launches you directly to Cisco's home page on the Internet.
If you do know the URL of some page of interest, you can retrieve that page by entering the URL in a dialog box displayed by the Open Location... item of the File menu. You may see URLs to topics of interest in newspapers and in certain on-line information sources, like news letters.
The capability of the Netscape Navigator to use several protocols provides you with a single information browser to multiple types of Internet information. Notice that you can access (download) files from FTP servers and news from Usenet with Netscape Navigator. Netscape Navigator is the super-store of Internet information, while the stand-alone applications are speciality shops.
The Netscape Navigator window provides the tools and text fields that help you navigate the Internet. Most of the tools are permanently visible. You can hide certain tools to create more viewing space for pages with the Options menu. The content area displays the current page. Colors (underlining for monochrome monitors) are used to show links to other pages. The URL of the current page is shown in the Location field. You can enter a new URL in this field, in which case the label Location changes to Go To, and press Enter to display a new page.
Netscape Navigator permits you to send and receive news articles from Usenet and to send electronic mail.
Although the CiscoRemote includes a stand-alone, full-featured News application and the Eudora Light e-mail software, it may also be helpful to access news groups directly from Netscape Navigator.
Before you can use the news or mail features of Netscape Navigator, you must identify the names of your local news and/or mail servers. If you do not have access to these servers, you cannot use these features. If you do have access to either type of server, your network administrator or Internet service provider can supply the required names.
Use the following procedure to identify the name of your news server to Netscape Navigator:
Once you have identified your news server, you can read and write news articles. For information about using News, click Handbook on the Help menu. You must have access to the Internet to use this feature.
Use the following procedure to identify the name of your mail server and your e-mail address to Netscape Navigator:
Once you have identified your mail server and provided your e-mail address, you can send mail. For information about sending mail with Netscape Navigator, refer to the Handbook item of the Help menu.
The Eudora Light Electronic Mail (e-mail) application is a full featured client package that permits you to create, send and receive electronic mail. Eudora Light requires that you have an account on an e-mail server operated by your company or a network service provider. The server must support the industry standard Post Office Protocol Version 3 (POP3) and the Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP). This server acts as a post office and traffic cop between the client PCs. The server accepts and stores mail even when you are not connected to it and sends your outgoing mail to the recipients, whether connected locally or via the Internet.
Eudora Light is automatically placed on your hard disk when you install CiscoRemote if you did a full installation or included it as one of the selected applications in a partial installation. You only need to fill in your e-mail address to be up and running.
Eudora Light has a wide range of features to aid you in creating, addressing, sending, receiving, and storing e-mail messages and files. The information provided in this section demonstrates the minimal features needed for configuration and use. A Windows Word 6.0 manual is included and stored with the Eudora application. The manual provides full details on the configuration and use of Eudora Light. You may print the manual, or search it for specific information, using the free Microsoft Word Viewer application. The README.WRI file in the Eudora directory describes how to get this program from Microsoft.
Use the following procedure to start and configure the Eudora Light application.
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doe_jane@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
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You are now ready to use Electronic Mail.
The first message that you will send will be to yourself. This will show you how to create and send a message.
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This area "expands" as you add more text to it, so you are not limited in the amount that you can write.
Now that you have written your message, you are ready to send it.
Before a message can be sent to your remote mail service you need to have access to that service and your local area network.
In the upper right corner of the composition window there is a Send button (if Eudora Light is not in a full screen mode, this button may be hidden).
The composition window closes and a progress window is displayed at the top of the screen.
You can now check to see if you have received the message that you just sent. This is the same operation that you will use to check your mail for any messages in the future.
To close the message double-click on the horizontal bar in the upper left corner of the message window (not the Eudora window!).
Eudora has many other features that simplify operations. Some of these include:
Feel free to explore these features once you have mastered the basics.
The News Reader application lets you access Internet bulletin boards to read and post Usenet articles. Usenet is the equivalent of a discussion group with discussions organized under specific categories called news groups. Each news group has many articles that you can display in your News Reader window to read. With the News Reader application, you can reply to any article you read or you can create your own article on any topic for distribution worldwide or to specific geographic areas.
Once you are familiar with the basic features, you can continue to explore other News Reader features using the on-line help.
Before you attempt to connect to a news server, you need to know the host name or IP address of the news server you want to access. This information can be obtained from your Network Administrator or Internet service provider.
Use the following procedure to start the application and connect to a News Server.
The program will display Ready in the status bar at the bottom of the News Reader window to indicate that a connection has been established to the news server. The IP address of the news server is also indicated in the status bar.
If you check the Autologin box in the News Reader Configuration dialog box, a connection is established with the news server automatically whenever you start the News Reader application.
Articles on the Usenet are organized by news groups. Each news group defines a subject for the articles in that group. To read articles on the Usenet, you must first subscribe to one or more news groups. (Subscribing to news groups does not cost anything, it is simply a way of indicating to the News Reader application which topics are of interest to you.)
Use the following steps to subscribe to a news group.
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The news group(s) you selected will display in the list box of the News Reader window.
Once the subscribed news groups display in the list box of the News Reader window, you can select a news group to see a list of the articles it contains. You can then select the article you want to read from that list.
The full text of the article is retrieved from the news server and placed into the article display area. If the article is longer than the available number of lines in the article display area, a scroll bar will be enabled on the right-hand border of the display area. You may use this scroll bar to move forward and backward through the article.
If the article is too large for the News Reader to display, you are given the option to save the file. Later, you can use any word processor to view the file.
You can send a reply to the article displayed in the article display area by selecting Followup from the Article menu or by clicking on the Followup toolbar button.
You have two ways to disconnect from the news server.
or you can
Either way, you are now disconnected from the news server.
The FTP application allows you to transfer files between your PC and other systems on the network that use the File Transfer Protocol. You can connect to any type of remote system regardless of the system's location or the operating system it uses. The remote system you access to transfer files is called an FTP server.
The FTP application provides a windows interface similar to the Microsoft Windows File Manager. You use File Manager to manipulate the files on your own PC. You use FTP to perform file operations such as delete, copy, rename, and so on across a network as well as on your own PC.
Before you can establish a connection to a remote system, you need the following information from your Network Administrator:
If you do not have a login account on the remote system, you will not be able to use FTP as a registered user. You may, however, be able to log in as an "anonymous" user if the remote system accepts guests or anonymous users.
This section provides the information you need to use the basic features of FTP. It includes starting the application, connecting to a remote system, and copying a file from the remote system before disconnecting.
Once you have established a successful connection, the Remote System area of the FTP window displays information about the remote system to which you are connected. If the remote system sends greeting messages, the Windows Notepad text editor opens and displays the greeting. To stop this display, you can simply exit the text editor.
If you decide this is a system to which you will connect frequently, you can speed the connection process by saving the connection information for the system under a session name. Use the following procedure to do so.
Once defined, the session name appears in the Connect menu. You need only select the session name from the Connect menu to establish a connection.
Once you have established a connection with a remote system, you can transfer files to and from your PC. The FTP application supports "drag and drop" to simplify copying files.
You can also copy files by clicking the Copy option from the File menu or by clicking the Copy toolbar button.
When you no longer need the connection to the remote system, you can end the connection.
Your session with the remote system is now terminated. Be aware that some remote systems automatically disconnect you after a specified period of inactivity.
Now that you are familiar with the basic features, you can continue to explore the many features that the FTP application has to offer. With FTP you can:
Feel free to explore these additional features.
The FTP Server application allows your PC to act as an FTP Server so that remote systems running FTP software can log in to your PC to read and copy files. The FTP Server can support multiple simultaneous connections.
The FTP Server is designed to be highly configurable, yet provide basic capabilities which require little or no administration. You can define a list of authorized (remote) users, and restrict directory access and read/write permissions to each individual user. You can create ASCII text files which contain greeting messages that are sent to remote users at various times during a connection. You can also assign a name to your FTP server, which will be presented to remote users upon connection.
The FTP Server application contains a wide range of features that help you to set up your FTP server. The information provided in this section demonstrates the basic features so that you can start using the FTP Server application with the default settings. Once you are familiar with the basic features, you can continue to explore other FTP Server features with the help of the on-line help.
A remote system cannot access your PC unless you enable (switch on) the FTP server. Use the following procedure to start and enable the FTP Server application.
Each remote user that is allowed access to your PC must be provided with a user name and a password. You should also specify which directories each remote user can access and the read/write permissions for each directory. Use the following steps to provide access to a remote user and define which directories are accessible.
The remote users that you define can access your PC to transfer files as long as your FTP Server application is up and running.
The File drop-down menu contains the Exit menu item, which terminates all current connections to the FTP server and exits the FTP Server application.
Now that you are familiar with the basic features, you can continue to explore the many features that the FTP Server application has to offer. With the FTP Server, you can:
Feel free to explore these features.
The TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) Server application enables your PC to provide a simple form of file transfer suitable for downloading files to network processors such as bridges, routers, and terminal servers. The TFTP Server can support multiple simultaneous connections and can be configured to restrict directory access and read/write permissions to all remote users. The remote users must be using a TFTP client.
The information provided in this section demonstrates the basic features so that you can start using the TFTP Server application with the default settings. Once you are familiar with the basic features, you can continue to explore other TFTP Server features using the on-line help.
Use the following procedure to start the TFTP Server application.
The TFTP Server is now ready to accept connections as long as the TFTP Server application is up and running.
The File drop-down menu contains the Exit menu item, which terminates all current connections to the TFTP server and exits the TFTP Server application.
The Telnet application allows you to log in to other computers over the network and access the services that those computers provide to their local terminals. When you are connected, your keyboard and monitor are directly connected to that computer. You can execute commands, run certain programs, and access any special services offered by the remote computer.
The Telnet application provides full emulation of the DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) VT220, VT102, and VT52 terminals and communications with a remote (host) system using the Telnet protocol. With the Telnet application, you can run script files, create and use login scripts, and redefine the keyboard to better match the terminal you are emulating. However, to use Telnet, you must be familiar with the commands and other user interface conventions of the computer to which you connect.
The information in this section shows you how to start the Telnet application and use the default settings to connect to and disconnect from a host system. Before you attempt to establish a connection to a host system, you need to know:
If you do not have this information, see your Network Administrator or contact the person whose system you want to access.
You are now logged in to the host system and ready to enter commands.
You can disconnect from a host system one of two ways.
Now that you are familiar with the basic features, you can continue to explore the many features that the Telnet application has to offer. With Telnet, you can:
Feel free to explore these options.
The TN3270 application contains a wide range of features that help you to communicate with remote IBM systems. The information provided in this section demonstrates the basic TN3270 features so that you can start using the TN3270 application with the default settings. Once you are familiar with the basic features, you can continue to explore other TN3270 features using the Help feature.
Before you attempt to establish a connection to a host system, you need to know the information listed below. This information can be obtained from your network administrator, or from the person whose system you want to access.
Once you have obtained the above information, you can use the following procedure to establish a connection to the host system.
You are now logged-in to the host system.
If you frequently connect to the host system, you can speed up the connection process by specifying the host name or IP address of the system as the default and using the auto connect feature.
To disconnect from the host system to which you are currently connected, select Disconnect from the Connect menu or select Exit from the File menu. Either way quits the TN3270 application.
Now that you are familiar with the basic features, you can continue to explore the other features of the TN3270 application. With TN3270 you can:
Feel free to take your time to explore these features.
The Ping application lets you verify that you can reach another system on the network by sending echo requests to that system. If the system is reachable and responding, it sends a reply, which is a copy of the data sent in the echo request. The results of each echo request are displayed in the display area of the Ping window.
Use the following procedure to start the Ping utility and ping a remote system on the network. Make sure you have the host name or the IP address of the host system. If you do not have this information, see your Network Administrator or contact the person whose system you want to ping.
You will automatically exit the Specify Target dialog box. The results of the Ping will show in the display area of the Ping window. If you want repeat the Ping, click the host name/IP address from the Ping menu.
You can also use the Ping application to:
Feel free to explore these other features.
The CiscoRemote Console application displays important informational and error messages that are generated by some of the CiscoRemote applications. You can also use Console to start the CiscoRemote applications even though each of the applications can be started and used independently of the Console. This Console application automatically starts whenever any other CiscoRemote application that uses it is started.
The CiscoRemote Console lets you:
The next section describes the procedures for starting the Console application, displaying your TCP/IP information, and setting up a log file.
Use the following procedure to start the CiscoRemote Console application and displaying your TCP/IP information.
You will see the IP address of your PC and your Gateway (if applicable), your Domain Name Server, and Subnet mask addresses.
A log contains all of the system-generated messages. Use the following procedure to specify a file name in which to save these messages.
console.log.
You can now exit the CiscoRemote Console application.
Use the following procedure to exit the CiscoRemote Console application.
This Console menu contains a total of six options, each of which has a drop-down menu associated with it. This Quick Start explains only two options. Take your time and explore each of these menus and their options. Click Help if you need more information.
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