LOCATIONS AND ACCOUNTS

Creating or editing a Connection document
During configuration, Notes creates a Connection document for your home server. Connection documents reside in your Contacts application and store information Notes needs to access a server, such as the server's full Domino name, Internet address, or telephone number. One server may have multiple Connection documents if you access it in multiple ways, for example over the LAN at work and using a dialup modem from home.

Tip If you receive a link to a server and Notes can't locate the server, right-click the link and click Link Properties to see all the available information about the link. With this information, ask your Domino administrator to help you create a Connection document to that server. Then try the link again.

Certain types of Location documents require associated Connection documents to achieve a connection. You can click Tools > Client Reconfiguration Wizard button at any time to create a Connection document for the type of connection you request. You can also open an existing Location document and use the Connection Configuration Wizard to automatically create a connection to a server that matches that location; for example, in a Notes Direct Dialup location type, Notes helps you enter dialing information needed for the Connection document.

Tip If you know the IP address of the server for which you want a Connection document, choose File > Open > Lotus Notes Application, type the IP address into the Server field, and click Open. Notes opens the server and automatically creates a Connection document for the server in your Contacts application.

Depending on the connection methods you request while using the wizard, Notes creates different types of Connection documents.
Notes uses this type of Connection documentIf you connect this way
LAN (Online)LAN, cable access, or DSL
Notes Direct DialupDialup modem calling a single Domino server directly (could be a passthru or hunt group server)
Network DialupDialup modem calling either:
  • a network server in your organization, which uses remote access service software to connect to your organization's LAN
  • an Internet Service Provider (ISP)

To create a Connection document automatically

1. Open or create a Location document.

2. Near the top of the window, click the Connection Configuration Wizard button. The wizard helps you create a Connection document for either a passthru server or a specific server.


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To edit a Connection document manually

1. Open your Contacts and click View > Advanced > Connections.

2. Click the Connection document you want to edit and click the Edit Connection button.

3. (Optional) To edit phone or password information for a Network Dialup connection, click the Network Dialup tab, then click Edit Configuration, and make any changes. A LAN connection does not show a Network Dialup tab.

4. Make changes and then click Save and Close.

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