To connect over a dial-up network connection, you must use the CommLinks connection parameter.
On the client side, you should specify the following protocol options:
- Host – You should specify the host name or IP address of the database server using the Host (IP) protocol option.
- DoBroadcast – If you specify the Host (IP) protocol option, there is no need to do a broadcast search for the database server. For this reason, use direct broadcasting.
- MyIP – You should set MyIP=NONE on the client side.
- TIMEOUT – Set the Timeout (TO) protocol option to increase the time the client waits while searching for a server.
Example
The following is an example of a typical CommLinks (LINKS) connection parameter used to connect over a dialup network connection:
LINKS=tcpip(MyIP=NONE;DoBroadcast=DIRECT;HOST=server-ip); TIMEOUT=15)