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SafeLinx Administrator
The SafeLinx Administrator is a Java application that lets administrators configure, monitor, and maintain the resources of one or more SafeLinx Servers.
Customizing network configuration
SafeLinx lets you customize your network configuration.
Configuring a connection for an ASTRO network using the SafeLinx Client
Configure both the SafeLinx Server and the SafeLinx Client to complete support for an ASTRO network.

SafeLinx Administrator
The SafeLinx Administrator is a Java application that lets administrators configure, monitor, and maintain the resources of one or more SafeLinx Servers.
- Controlling resources and organizational units
  SafeLinx gives you control over all resources and organizational units.
- Customizing network configuration
  SafeLinx lets you customize your network configuration.
  - Setting up a broadcast group
    You can define a group of users to which to broadcast a message.
  - Sending broadcast messages
    You can send a text message to all active users on a SafeLinx Server through broadcast messages.
  - Adding a network connection
    A mobile network connection (MNC) is the interface to a network provider.
  - Configuring a connection for an ASTRO network using SafeLinx Administrator
    Configure both the SafeLinx Server and the SafeLinx Client to complete support for an ASTRO network.
  - Configuring a connection for an ASTRO network using the SafeLinx Client
    Configure both the SafeLinx Server and the SafeLinx Client to complete support for an ASTRO network.
  - Configuring intelligent connections
    You can configure the SafeLinx Server and SafeLinx Clients on Linux, Windows, or Windows CE to determine which protocol with which to connect to an Internet Protocol (IP) transport.
  - Configuring TCP-Lite
    A TCP-Lite transport is applied to a transport profile, which is a set of configuration properties that are applied to a connection profile. They are then applied to an MNC to control the performance options between an MNC and the SafeLinx Clients that connect to it.
  - Configuring HTTP codec
    You can add an HTTP codec and configure its properties.
  - Looking up users in another directory service
    You can store user account data in the same directory server (DSS) as all other SafeLinx Server resources, or you can choose to look up or manage user account data in a separate enterprise directory service. If you choose to look up data in an enterprise directory service, you must first create a directory server resource for each enterprise directory service you want to use.
  - Setting up IP addressing
    When you define a mobile network interface (MNI) and choose for IP traffic to be routed statically rather than using a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server, you set up a subnetwork.
  - Setting up network address translation
    To set up the SafeLinx Server to act as an agent between a public network and a private network and perform network address translation, add a network address translator (NAT).
  - Filtering incoming and outgoing data
    You can create filters to be associated with a mobile network interface (MNI) to control data access to and from all IP-attached clients.
  - Redirecting packets to and from SafeLinx Server
    Packet mapping is a way to redirect data through a mobile network interface (MNI).
  - Routing traffic to a subnetwork
    A routing alias is a SafeLinx Client acting as a multihomed destination gateway to route data between the SafeLinx Server and a subnetwork that you specify.
- Configuring for security
  SafeLinx includes options for configuring security.
- Managing administrators
  SafeLinx provides the tools to manage administrators.
- Managing users
  SafeLinx provides the tools to manage users.
- Troubleshooting problems
  SafeLinx helps you troubleshoot problems.
- What is...
  SafeLinx Administrator Help identifies and clarifies necessary topics.

Configuring a connection for an ASTRO network using the SafeLinx Client

Configure both the SafeLinx Server and the SafeLinx Client to complete support for an ASTRO network.

About this task

Use the SafeLinx Client to configure a connection to an ASTRO network.

Procedure

Make sure that the SafeLinx Client has the ASTRO network support installed. By default, version 1.0 of the SafeLinx Client installs this new support.
Make a new connection for the ASTRO network. Double-click Create Connection.
Specify a name for the connection, then click Next.
Select ASTRO from the network type list, then click Next.
Specify the IP address that the SafeLinx Server uses on the ASTRO network. This address is also referred to as the mobile gateway IP address. Then, click Next.
Specify the IP address that the ASTRO radio modem uses on the network. This address is used by the SafeLinx Server as the destination for packets to be delivered to the SafeLinx Client through the ASTRO connection. It must be an address routable to the ASTRO wireless network gateway (WNG). Then, click Next.
Click Finish.
If you specified a port number other than 8889 in the SafeLinx Administrator in step 5, then edit the properties of the connection:
1. Right-click the connection, then click Properties.
2. Click the Networks tab.
3. Select ASTRO, then click Properties.
4. Click the ASTRO tab.
5. Make sure that the port you specified in SafeLinx Administrator is the same as the Receive port.
6. Click OK, then click OK again to save the change.
Note:
1. The ASTRO network support is only available on Windows XP and Windows 2000.
2. When using the ASTRO Motorola ASTRO-25 networks transport profile in the Default Resources OU, make sure that Default filters on the Network filters tab is selected.

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