If an administrative user selects the Settings-PCMCIA menu option, the administrative user can use the PCMCIA screen to insert, eject and configure PCMCIA cards. Three buttons appear under the Action column in the PCMCIA table. The following table shows how the buttons are used and provides links to related procedures.
Selecting either Modem or
GSM from the Card Type pull-down menu on the PCMCIA card configuration dialog cause the fields, menu options and checkbox shown in the following figure to appear.
An administrative user can use this dialog to configure an installed modem or GSM PCMCIA card for dial-ins using PPP or login access. The configuration values to select or to enter are described in
Table 4.16.
If the Call Back checkbox is selected, then an additional field for the phone number appears.
If Autodetect is selected from the Access Type pull-down menu, the fields, menus and a checkbox shown in
Figure 6.33 appear. Because autodetection can detect either a PPP or Login access attempt, the screen has fields and pull-down menus for configuring all the parameters that apply to both options.
If Login is selected from either the Modem Access Type, the GSM Access Type or CDMA Access Type pull-down menu, the fields, menu and checkbox shown in the following figure appear.
If PPP is selected from the Access Type pull-down menu, the fields, the menu and the checkbox shown in the following figure appear.
If OTP is selected from the Access Type pull-down menu, the fields, the menu and the checkbox shown in the following figure appear.
This procedure assumes that a modem or GSM PCMCIA card is inserted into a slot on the OnBoard appliance and the steps under
To begin configuring a PCMCIA card: are complete. See
Table 4.16 for the values that an administrative user needs to select or to enter for modem configuration, if needed.
When an administrative user selects Ethernet from the Card Type pull-down menu on the PCMCIA card configuration dialog, the dialog appears as shown in the following figure when the
DHCP checkbox is checked.
When an administrative user selects Wireless LAN from the Card Type pull-down menu on the PCMCIA card configuration dialog, the dialog appears as shown in the following figure when the
DHCP checkbox is checked.
As shown in Figure 6.39, the dialog for configuring the Wireless LAN card displays additional fields when the
DHCP checkbox is not checked.
When a compact Flash card is inserted in the selected slot, clicking the Configure button on the Settings-PCMCIA screen brings up a dialog like the one shown in the following figure.