How we tested remote appliances.
We used a group of test computers including several Pentium 4 systems with at least 512MB of RAM running Windows XP Pro, two Pentium 3 systems running Windows 2000, a third Pentium 3 system running Novell’s SuSE Enterprise Linux version 10.2, and a Macintosh 1GHz PowerBook running OS X 10.3.4.
Local control sessions connected through a Linksys 24-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch. Remote-control sessions connected to the Internet through a ZyXEL ZyWALL 35 Internet Security Appliance connected to Time Warner’s Road Runner Cable Internet service and returned through a Netgear WGT624 wired/wireless router connected to SBC/Yahoo DSL Internet service.
Each remote session tested client-side configuration duties forced on nontechnical users and the steps needed for the administration console to connect to the remote system. Once connected, we tested remote-control performance, and examined the product’s helpful utilities and troubleshooting features.
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