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In article <93019.153551RBNTJC@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com> Thomas J Cozzolino <RBNTJC@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com> writes:
>We've been reading about "Communications or Access Servers" - smart terminal
>servers that allow dynamic assignment of IP addresses to available ports.
>
>Here's what would be ideal:
>  run X-Windows from a PC at home
>  dial into the the Comm/Access server
>  be assigned to an available port (with some sort of authentication)
>  access my network hosts (X, terminal sessions, Internet, etc.)
>
>Does this type of access *presently* exist?
>What vendors provide such Communication servers?
>What X-Windows products support this? (I hear that NCD's PC-Xremote only
>     supports Cisco terminal servers - would this fit the bill?)

Any dial router that supports PPP should work.  Candidates are
Telebit's Netblazer, NEC's Dr. Bond, Centrum's remote access server,
and various terminal servers such as ones from Datability, Xyplex, Livingston.

The PC-XRemote package has the advantage of utilizing a proprietary
X-Window packet compression algorithm which squeezes more bandwidth
from the serial line and thus produces higher screen drawing rates.
I don't know which servers it is compatible with.  Cisco's comm server
does support PPP and thus does do the dynamic address assignment you
are looking for.

Hope this helps.
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