This section explains the objectives, audience, organization, and conventions of the CiscoRemote Plus User Guide.
This guide provides information for installing, configuring, and using CiscoRemote Plus to establish a connection with your company network or the Internet from a remote location (such as a branch office, your home, or a hotel room). It also briefly explains how to use the CiscoRemote Plus applications.
For more information about CiscoRemote Plus, you can also refer to the document CiscoRemote Plus Administrator Guide, which is available on the CiscoRemote Plus CD-ROM. You can view the CiscoRemote Plus Administrator Guide using Netscape Navigator.
This guide is for people who want to access their company network or the Internet when away from the office. You should be familiar with using web browsers and electronic mail applications, but not necessarily from a remote site.
The major sections of this user guide are as follows:
- Chapter 1, "About CiscoRemote Plus," describes the key features and benefits of CiscoRemote Plus, lists system requirements, provides a table for gathering required connection information, and introduces the concepts of remote access.
- Chapter 2, "Installing CiscoRemote Plus," explains how to install your CiscoRemote Plus software and set it up to work with your modem.
- Chapter 3, "Setting Up a Connection Using CiscoRemote Plus," explains how to set up and establish a remote access connection.
- Chapter 4, "Using Timbuktu Pro with CiscoRemote Plus," explains how to set up and use Timbuktu Pro to remotely control computers on your network.
- Chapter 5, "Using Netscape Navigator with CiscoRemote Plus," explains how to set up and use the Netscape Navigator to access information over the World Wide Web.
- Chapter 6, "Using BeyondMail with CiscoRemote Plus," explains how to set up and use BeyondMail to send, receive, and manage electronic mail.
- Chapter 7, "Using News Reader with CiscoRemote Plus," explains how to set up and use News Reader to access articles and information posted on the Internet.
- Chapter 8, "Using FarSite with CiscoRemote Plus," explains how to set up and use FarSite so several people can review and change documents simultaneously in an online document conference.
- Chapter 9, "Using FTP with CiscoRemote Plus," explains how to use the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) application to transfer files between your computer and remote network servers.
- Chapter 10, "Using FTP Server with CiscoRemote Plus," explains how to set up your computer to act as an FTP server so that other users can connect to your computer to copy or exchange files.
- Chapter 11, "Using TFTP Server with CiscoRemote Plus," explains how to use the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) application to set up your computer to be accessed and used to transfer files to other remote users and network devices.
- Chapter 12, "Using Telnet with CiscoRemote Plus," explains how to use the Telnet application to log in to remote computers, known as hosts or Telnet servers, and access their services.
- Chapter 13, "Using TN3270 with CiscoRemote Plus," explains how to use the TN3270 application to communicate with remote IBM systems.
- Chapter 14, "Using Ping with CiscoRemote Plus," explains how to use the Ping application to test for the presence of other computers on the network.
- Chapter 15, "Using Console and Connect with CiscoRemote Plus," explains how to set up and use the Console application to review a log of status messages generated by CiscoRemote Plus applications.
- Chapter 16, "Using the NBUTIL Utility with CiscoRemote Plus," explains how to use the NBUTIL utility to set up access to information on Network Basic Input/Output System (NetBIOS)-based LANs.
- Appendix A, "Network Operating System Configuration," describes how CiscoRemote Plus supports the remote access functions on both Novell NetWare and Microsoft Windows networking systems, including Windows 95.
- Appendix B, "Using the Configurator," describes how to set up your network support software using an application called the Configurator. The Configurator includes an easy-to-use interface that allows you to enter information about your company network and your computer.
This guide uses the following conventions:
- The symbol ^ represents the key labeled Control.
- For example, the key combination ^D means hold down the Control key while you press the D key.
- A string is a nonquoted set of characters. For example, when setting up a community string for SNMP to "public," do not use quotes around the string or the string will include the quotation marks.
Command descriptions use these conventions:
- Examples that contain system prompts denote interactive sessions, indicating that the user enters commands at the prompt. The system prompt indicates the current command mode. For example, the following prompt indicates global configuration mode:
router(config)#
- Commands and keywords are in boldface font.
- Arguments for which you supply values are in italic font.
- Elements in square brackets ([ ]) are optional.
- Alternative but required keywords are grouped in braces ({ }) and separated by vertical bars (|).
Examples use these conventions:
- Terminal sessions and information the system displays are in
screen font.
- Information you enter is in
boldface screen font.
- Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are in angle brackets (< >).
- Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets ([ ]).
- Exclamation points (!) at the beginning of a line indicate a comment line.
Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the manual.
Caution Means reader be careful. In this section, you might do something that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.
For additional information, refer to the following publications:
- Internetworking Technology Overview
- CiscoRemote Plus User Guide Release Notes
- Troubleshooting Internetworking Systems (as needed)
- System Error Messages
- Cisco Products Catalogue
- Internetworking Terms and Acronyms
These publications are available on the Cisco Connection Documentation CD-ROM, Cisco's online library of product information. To order the CD, or paper documentation, refer to the Cisco Information Packet publication that shipped with your product.
