Benefits of using iClose-Up Version 2: 

 

 

 

·         An iClose-Up Version 2 Server can handle up to 60,000 simultaneous connections on the Internet.

 

·         An iClose-Up Version 2 Server can handle up to 256 simultaneous connections by Modem (NT/2000/XP server required).

 

·         The folder browsing speed in Version 2 is twelve (12) times faster than Version 1.  A folder that used to take a minute to display will now be displayed in 5 seconds! 

 

·         Version 2 lets you connect much faster to iClose-Up Servers on the Internet, and now you can go down through the iClose-Up Servers computer network to other computers and file servers.

 

·         Version 2 allows you to queue up multiple transfers, so now while your first transfer is going, you can browse, select files or folders and start other transfers. 

 

·         Version 2 has full and unique seamless support for Internet Connection Sharing, Routers, and Proxy Servers allowing you to have many iClose-Up Clients connect into iClose-Up Servers without needing to know IP addresses or Port numbers.  

 

·         Version 2 does not need Microsoft File and Printer Sharing.  Nor does it need the Netbios ports, which makes Version 2 much more secure on the Internet.

 

·         Version 2 does not need a lot of the auxiliary files that Version 1 needed, like Microsoft Client and NetBEUI, which makes Version 2 faster and easer to install.

 

·         Version 2 has new more powerful and easier to use Security when connecting to NT/2000/XP iClose-Up Servers.  If your iClose-Up Client is a Win 95/98/Me how you logged into your computer, or even if you didn’t login, does not matter when connecting to an NT/2000/XP iClose-Up Server.  When you connect to an NT/2000/XP iClose-Up Server you can go down through the iClose-Up Server’s network to other computers and file servers and log in multiple times if needed with different user accounts (assume multiple identities) to gain access to other resources. 

 

New Features in iClose-Up Version 2:

See the following new sections in the Help document to learn about the new features and benefits of iClose-Up Version 2.

 

 

 

Routers & Proxy Servers & Internet Connection Sharing:  See Routers or Proxy Servers or Internet Connection Sharing sections to learn how to set up iClose-Up to work through these three methods of getting on the Internet.

 

Remote Printing  Remote printing means that the physical printer needs to be connected and installed on the iClose-Up Client computer.  You would then connect to the iClose-Up Server computer and print a document or graphic on the iClose-Up Server, but it would be printed out remotely on the iClose-Up Client computer.  See Remote Printing in the Help document.

 

Keep the List of Connected Users to this System on Top of All Windows (checked by default):  If checked, when you bring up the “List Users Connected to this System” it will always stay on top of any other Windows.  This list shows in real time who is connected and how long they have been connected.  You can bring up this list by right clicking on the red triangles in the lower right of your screen and selecting “List Users Connected to This System”.  Read more about it in the Options View tab.

 

Local access to iClose-Up Access Points (checked by default):  iClose-Up Access Points are new in Version 2.  This option gives iClose-Up Clients access to an iClose-Up Server’s hard drive.  If you have iClose-Up Access Points and you uncheck this option then iClose-Up Clients will not be able to access the iClose-Up Server’s hard drive through iClose-Up Access Points.  See Security for This Computer by right clicking on the red iClose-Up triangles in the lower right of your screen, or see the Options View tab.

 

Network access to Windows Network Share Points (checked by default):  This option gives iClose-Up Clients access to the iClose-Up Server’s network.  This is a good option to use unchecked if you have a computer on your network that you want people to connect to, to send and fetch information, but you do not want them on your network, seeing your network servers and networked computers.  See Security for This Computer by right clicking on the red iClose-Up triangles in the lower right of your screen, or see the Options View tab.

 

Incoming Access (access is set to open by default):  If your Incoming Access is set to Open than iClose-Up Clients can connect to you as an iClose-Up Server, and of course you can also be an iClose-Up Client and connect to someone else.  If Incoming Access is set to Closed then iClose-Up Clients can not connect to you as an iClose-Up Server, but you can still be an iClose-Up Client and connect to someone else.  Turning off Incoming Access does just what it says; it stops iClose-Up users from connecting to you using iClose-Up even if they know your IP address.  It will stop iClose-Up users from connecting to you by Modem, by Network, and by Internet!  See Security for This Computer the panel “iClose-Up Internet Visibility and Incoming Access” by right clicking on the red iClose-Up triangles in the lower right of your screen or see the Options View tab.

 

Allow Remote Conference of this Computer (unchecked by default):  Remote Control with iClose-Up can be either Private or Conference.  See Security for This Computer by right clicking on the red iClose-Up triangles in the lower right of your screen.

 

Remote Control Using:  iClose-Up Ports (the default) or NetMeeting Ports.  This is important for going through Proxy Servers.  See Options the Remote Control tab by double clicking on the red iClose-Up triangles in the lower right of your screen and then pressing the Options button.

 

Adjust Explorer View for Connecting to:  a Stand-Alone PC (the default) or a Network PC.  If you select Network PC the Server side Explorer in the “Explorer File Transfers” option, will come up with the hi-light positioned through the “Microsoft Windows Network” showing all Groups and Domains and will be positioned on the computer you are connecting to.  Read more about this in the Options, Options tab.

iClose-Up Script File Verify Option:  This option allows you to run a script where the connections and passwords are verified.  And the files and folders are counted and the number of files that would be transferred and the number that would be skipped, and the number that would be moved with the Mirror Image Backup option are logged.  Note that no action (iClose-Up commands that change a computers state) such as file transfers is actually executed.  In addition the Retry Failures option is not executed during a Verify session. 

 

iClose-Up Scripts for Backups:  Local Scripts can now automate the backing up of files and folders on your computer to mass storage devices on your computer like a CD or a Zip drive.  You are now given this new option when you create an iClose-Up Script.  Right click on the red iClose-Up triangles in the lower right of your screen then select Make an iClose-Up Script.  Next press the Begin button and you will be presented with the option.

 

CINS Server Name:   By default “CINS.NORTON-LAMBERT.COM” is the iClose-Up Internet Name Server.  This is name of the servers that by default let you know if your associates are available to be connected to with iClose-Up on the Internet.  You can set up your own private CINS server or servers for your company by contacting Norton-Lambert for information on how to do this.  If you set up your own server or servers then the name of your server would go in here for all the iClose-Up Clients and Servers that you want to use your private CINS server.  See the Options, Internet tab..