Gateways
Creating a gateway
Forcing a manual gateway connection
Setting up conference replication
Setting up self-serve replication
Configuring Directory synchronization
Forcing immediate Directory synchronization
Routes
Adding routes
Remote names
Gateways
A gateway is a bridge between your system and another device or system. If you have other FirstClass servers connected to your network, you can set up a gateway to replicate information between them. For an example of how to plan and configure a gateway, see the FirstClass Administrator's Guide (business edition/education edition).
Before planning new gateways and routes, you should know how all the servers in your FirstClass network interact with each other. We recommend that you prepare a map of your network.
Top Creating a gateway
1 Open the Gateways folder on the administrator's Desktop.
2 Choose Admin > Add > Gateway Settings.
3 Configure the gateway using the Gateway Settings form.
4 Click OK.
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Forcing a manual gateway connection
1 Open the Gateways folder on the administrator's Desktop.
2 Open the gateway for which you want to force a connection.
3 Click Connect on Close.
4 Click OK to make the gateway log into the remote server.
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1 Make sure the conference you want to replicate exists with the same name on both servers.
2 Choose Admin > Give Alias with the conference selected.
3 Type the gateway's user ID at the "User ID" field.
4 Click Give Alias.
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1 Open the General Conferences folder on the administrator's Desktop.
2 Choose File > New > New Conference.
3 Choose File > Properties (Windows) or Get Info (Mac OS) with the new conference selected.
4 Type the name you want for this conference (for example, Self-Serve) at "Name".
5 Select "Protected".
6 Click OK.
7 Choose Collaborate > Permissions with the conference still selected.
8 Enter Other Sites at "Who" and choose Contributor at "Access".
This allows gateways to access this conference.
9 Enter All Users at "Who" and accept the default Disallowed at "Access".
This prevents users from contributing to this conference.
10 Add the gateway name at "List of subscribers".
11 Close the Permissions form.
12 Make the appropriate conferences available for replication by doing the following for each:
1 Select the conference.
2 Choose Collaborate > Add to Desktop.
3 Drag the resulting link from the administrator's Desktop to the self-serve conference.
4 Give a link to the self-serve conference to all gateways.
13 Notify the administrators of other servers to which your server will replicate.
Send them a message asking them to log in as the gateway account, then drag the links of any conferences they want to replicate from the self-serve conference to their gateway Desktop.
Note
Whenever you create new conferences or delete old ones, update your self-serve conference and keep other administrators informed of the changes.
Top 1 Open the Multi-Site Setup folder on the administrator's Desktop.
2 Open Multi-Site Setup in the Multi-Site Setup folder.
3 Fill in the Multisite Setup form.
4 Click OK.
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Forcing immediate Directory synchronization
1 Open the Gateways folder on the administrator's Desktop.
2 Open the gateway to the remote server.
3 Click Manual Sync on the Multisite tab.
4 Click Connect on Close to manually force the gateway connection.
5 Click OK.
Directory synchronization begins after the gateway has performed any other necessary tasks, such as message delivery and conference replication.
Top Routes
When a FirstClass server receives a piece of mail destined for another site, it first determines whether it has a gateway to that site. If it does, it delivers the mail to the gateway. If it has no gateway, it checks to see if it has a route to that site. A route is a pointer to the next gateway on the path to the destination. If it has a route, it forwards the mail to the gateway specified in the route. You can only have a route if you have a gateway to another FirstClass server, which in turn has a gateway or route to the server that is your final destination.
Before you add a route, you must obtain the serial number and site name of the final remote server. This can be obtained from the administrator of the intermediary gateway, or from the administrator of the server to which you are creating the route.
Top Adding routes
1 Choose Admin > Add > Route.
2 Fill in the Route form.
3 Click OK.
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Remote names
If you have gateways and routes to other FirstClass servers, and you do not wish to synchronize your Directory with the other site's Directory, but you want to add selected individuals from other sites to your Directory, add them manually as remote names.
To add a remote name:
1 Choose Admin > Add > Remote Name.
2 Fill in the Remote Name form.
3 Click OK.
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