
RASExpress User Guide
2 CommPlete Communications Server
Introduction
This manual describes how to configure and manage RASExpress on the CommPlete
Communications Server.
RASExpress is a set of software utilities for managing the CommPlete Communications
Server’s remote access servers. Pre-installed on each of the CommPlete system’s
RASCards are configuration and management utilities for terminal, Telnet and World
Wide Web access. These utilities are explained in Chapters 3 and 4. Also pre-installed
are three DOS programs: the RASExpress server program (RASEXP.EXE), a local
configuration utility (RASCON.EXE), and a color utility with which the administrator
can change RASExpress window and menu colors (SETCOLOR.EXE). These utilities
are explained in Appendix A.
RASExpress servers can also be configured and managed by the Windows
management utility MultiCommManager. For more information, refer to the
MultiCommManager documentation.
Remote users can link their client PCs to the LAN-based RASExpress server by run-
ning the Windows
®
95 Dial-Up Networking remote node client and dialing into the
RASExpress server. With RASExpress, a modem and phone line creates an electronic
“extension cord” to the LAN.
Client computers can use the CommPlete to dial out by running a MCSI redirector
program. Redirector programs intercept data intended for a modem and redirect it to
the client computer’s network interface card, which sends the data to the RASExpress
server’s communications lines. MCSI redirector programs for both DOS and Windows
are included with RASExpress.
The client computer must have a minimum of 640 KB of RAM, and must run DOS
version 5.0 or above, Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0.
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