The options available in the Networks menu allow you to browse computers on your secure application network just as you would use Network Neighborhood to browse computers on your local network. While Network Neighborhood only provides access to Windows PCs, the Network Neighborhood allows you to browse even the non-Windows computers that participate in your secure network.
The following options are available in the Networks menu:
Section 17.4.1, “Local Network” allows you to browse all computers on your local Corente Services Gateway network.
Section 17.4.2, “Remote Networks” allows you to browse remote Corente Services Gateways and computers on the secure network.
Computers on your local network are listed on this page alphabetically. A machine whose name is not known, e.g., it does not register in the Domain Name System (DNS), will be listed by its IP address. Windows computers that are not configured as either file or print servers will not be listed.
When using Internet Explorer, if a machine is configured as an SMB-based file/printer server, there will be a hyperlink available for that machine. You can simply click the link to browse the shared resources on that server or place your cursor over the link to view the server's IP address. Computers with hyperlinks will be listed before the computers without hyperlinks. Non-Windows computers that do not have file/print services running on the system will be listed without hyperlinks. Although you will not be able to access these computers directly from this interface, you can use any other protocols to connect to these machines, e.g, FTP, HTTP, telnet, etc.
When using Firefox or Safari, no hyperlinks will be displayed as these web browsers do not support file browsing. Although you will not be able to access computers and file servers directly from this interface, you can use any other protocols to connect to these machines, e.g, FTP, HTTP, telnet, etc.
Computers that have been disconnected from the network will be removed from the local computer list within 30~45 minutes. You can click Local Network again or right-click your mouse button within the bottom frame of the page and select the Refresh option from the menu that appears to view the most up-to-date list. If you do not manually refresh the page, the page will automatically update every 15 minutes.
The computer that you are currently using will be highlighted in gray.
You can connect to computers on the local network even when the Corente Services Gateway is not running.
If you are using Internet Explorer 9.0 or later, in order to be able to browse the shared resources on a server, you need to add the Gateway Viewer URL to the Trusted Sites zone.
This interface allows you to browse your Location Partners within the secure application network and all computers on each remote network.
Your computer needs the proper Corente Services Gateway access permissions in order to connect to Location Partners and computers on the secure network. Only Corente Services Gateways and computers that you are allowed to access from your computer will be listed in Remote Networks.
You can connect to computers on remote networks only when the Corente Services Gateway software is running.
The Connect to computers on Remote Networks page displays all remote Corente Services Gateway that you are allowed to access and that are currently up and running. Click on a Corente Services Gateway to browse computers within that remote Corente Services Gateway network.
If you have access to any Corente Services Gateways from another
company's secure application network, they will be listed on
this page by their full Corente Services Gateway name, i.e.,
domainname.gatewayname.
Remote Corente Services Gateways that have disconnected from the secure network will be removed from this page immediately. You can click Remote Networks or right-click your mouse button within the bottom frame of the page and select the Refresh option from the menu that appears to view the most up-to-date listing of Corente Services Gateways. If you do not manually refresh the page, the page will automatically update every 15 minutes.
The Connect to computers on remote network page displays the computers on the remote Corente Services Gateway network that you have selected. This page is very similar to the Connect to machines on Local Network page; you can refer to that section of the help document for additional browsing information.
If you are using Internet Explorer, you can place your cursor over a hyperlink to view a remote computer's IP address. When you click on a link for a specific computer, your machine will be connecting to the remote machine with this IP address. This IP address may be translated (i.e., it may be different than the real IP address of the remote computer).
To display both the connection IP address and the real IP address of the computers on the remote network, click on the Show All link available at the top of the computer list box. To display the connection IP address only (default), click on the Show One link.
You can use the computer names that are listed on this page for all network connections, such as map network drive, FTP, HTTP, telnet, etc. You can access a remote machine by name even if you do not have any name services configured on your computer (e.g., WINS or DNS).
Remote computers that have been disconnected from the secure network will be removed from the remote computer list within 30~45 minutes. You can right-click your mouse button within the bottom frame of the page and select the Refresh option from the menu that appears to view the most up-to-date computer listing for a particular network. If you do not manually refresh the page, the page will automatically update every 15 minutes.
If you receive a message that
The page cannot be displayedafter you click on the link of a remote computer, try right-clicking your mouse button within the bottom frame of the page and select the Refresh option from the menu that appears to update the current page. Sometimes the responses from the server will not be displayed correctly until you refresh the page.Just like accessing servers within your local network, you need the proper file/print sharing permissions to browse and access the resources on a remote server. Usually the authentication is based on the user name/password that you use to log on to your local computer.
If a computer is disconnected from the network, it may still be listed on this page for 30~45 minutes. If you try to connect to the computer during this period of time, you will receive an error message.
You can connect to computers on the remote network only when the Corente Services Gateway software is running.
If you are using Internet Explorer 9.0 or later, in order to be able to browse the shared resources on a server, you need to add the Gateway Viewer URL to the Trusted Sites zone.