Lotus Notes 7 Help - Traveling with Notes

GETTING CONNECTED

Traveling with Notes
When you travel within or outside the United States, you can make your Notes use easier by remembering a few tips.

Before you leave

Make sure you have the names and phone numbers of the servers you want to call. If your organization has an enterprise phonebook, make sure you have a local replica of it.
Make sure you have a phone cord, extra batteries, a power adapter, and your Domino administrator's phone number. Also, many countries have different phone jacks, so If you're using Notes on a laptop in a different country, you probably need a specific connector for the country you are visiting.
If you don't have a local Help database, install the Help database locally so you can get Help on Notes when you travel. For information on installing this database, see your Domino administrator.
If you're going to work in local replicas of databases, create them before you leave the office because it will take less time than creating them on the road over a modem.

When you get there

To connect your computer to a phone line, plug one end of a phone cord into your computer modem port, and plug the other end into either a phone jack on the wall or the back of a phone.
To disable call waiting before you make a call, you can dial *70 in many areas of the United States. (If someone calls the line you're using, call waiting can automatically disconnect you from a server.)
Make sure you are using a dialup location (such as Home or Travel) before you call a server. For information on switching locations, see Using different locations.
Tip Each time you start Notes, you can select the location you want in the Password dialog box.

Calling internationally

Toll-free 1-800 numbers don't work from outside the United States.
You may need to modify your modem file to make international calls. For information, see your Domino administrator.

When you get back

When you return to the office, make sure you switch back to a network location (such as Office). To switch, click the current location at the bottom right hand corner of the status bar, then choose a new location from the list that appears.
Periodically delete log files to free up hard disk space, especially if you select the Log modem I/O or Log script I/O modem options.

See Also

Setting up as a roaming user