Creating and 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 or Internet address. One server may have multiple Connection documents if you access it in multiple ways, for example over the LAN at work and using a cable modem from home.
About this task
Certain types of Location documents require associated Connection documents to achieve a connection. You can click Notes® helps you enter server information needed for the Connection document.
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 Network Dialup location type,Depending on the connection methods you request while using the wizard, Notes® creates different types of Connection documents.
Notes® uses this type of Connection document |
If you connect this way |
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LAN (Online) |
LAN, cable (broadband, fiberoptic) access, or DSL |
Network Dialup |
Dialup modem using remote access service software in your operating system to call either:
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To edit a Connection document manually
Procedure
- Open your Contacts and click .
- Click the Connection document you want to edit and click the Edit Connection button.
- 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.
- Make changes and then click Save and Close.