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Wide-Area Networks (WAN)
AI Installation Issues Over a Wide-Area Network  .....
BRIEF:  A normal Animal Intelligence installation is comprised of workstations and a server in a single clinic.  However, some of the larger clinics we work with have more than one location, and want the same data available to all of their locations.  With the advent of low-cost Internet connections this is now economically possible.  This document describes some of the issues involved.
 

Animal Intelligence Wide-Area Network Printer Set Up  .....
BRIEF:  Using Animal Intelligence® (AI) in a wide-area network presents special problems for printer setup.  This document describes the correct procedure for setting up printers in a Windows NT Terminal Server Edition, Windows 2000 Server/terminal services mode, or Citrix MetaFrame environment (collectively, these are called “terminal servers”).

Wide-Area Network Installation Checklist and Installation Guide  .....
BRIEF:  This document lists the steps required to successfully implement a wide-area network installation of Animal Intelligence.  In this document, “host” means the location where the server resides.  “Remote” is a remote location.
Note that we do not support use of remote networking for WAN implementations.  Instead, use terminal services to run AI on the terminal server at the host location.
The breakdown by network vendor and end-user shown below is only a suggestion.  Some users may want to do some of the vendor’s work, and some users may ask the vendor to perform some of the tasks listed under “end user.”  These details are between the AI end user and the network vendor.
 

Wide-Area Access Strategies for Animal Intelligence  .....
BRIEF:  Wide-area access to Animal Intelligence has appeal for many reasons.  Some want to work from home.  Others go on the road and want to access AI from their remote offices.  Yet others want to allow selected people outside their clinics to access their AI data files to browse medical records or view other information.  This paper discusses the issues involved, and offers several different solutions.  Since the strategies we will discuss here involve users running a copy of AI from a remote site, I will also use the generic term remote control in this document.
Note that this document does not discuss a “remote version” of Animal Intelligence.  We do have the ability to allow users to run AI away from the office via a laptop computer while disconnected from a telephone or Internet link back to the main AI database, but that is a separate topic.
If you find after reading this that you want to pursue a wide-area access strategy for your Animal Intelligence installation, please contact our client services department.  They will put you in touch with the correct person to best help you.