Accessing RealSystem Administrator

When RealPlayer Intranet Administrator is running, you can use RealSystem Administrator to create configuration files and installers to deploy RealPlayers. You can also use it to configure various options for RealPlayer Intranet Administrator.

You can access RealSystem Administrator from just about any browser on your network that supports Java and JavaScript. Specifically, the compatible browsers are Netscape Navigator versions 4.x and Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 or later. For more information about browser compatibility, see http://service.real.com/help/library/guides/intranet/readme.html.

To access RealSystem Administrator:

Start RealPlayer Intranet Administrator. (See "Starting RealPlayer Intranet Administrator" .)

In any compatible browser, type the following address:

http://address:AdminPort/admin/index.html

where:

address is the IP address or host name of the computer on which RealPlayer Intranet Administrator is installed.

AdminPort is the port that RealSystem Administrator uses to connect to RealPlayer Intranet Administrator. During setup, you were asked to provide an administrator port number. Use that port number here.

You must enter the administrator port number for RealPlayer Intranet Administrator. If you are running RealServers in your enterprise, be aware that you cannot you cannot configure RealPlayer Intranet Administrator options from RealSystem Administrators connected to these RealServers. Instead, you must use the administrator port that connects RealSystem Administrator to RealPlayer Intranet Administrator.

Entering the following URL will start RealSystem Administrator if you type the URL in the browser on the same computer on which RealPlayer Intranet Administrator is installed (be sure to substitute your port number for AdminPort):

http://127.0.0.1:AdminPort/admin/index.html

The following URL also works on the same computer:

http://localhost:AdminPort/admin/index.html

You will be prompted for your user name and password; these will match the values you entered while setting up RealPlayer Intranet Administrator. Click OK.

The RealSystem Administrator window for RealPlayer Intranet Administrator appears.

Set a bookmark at this location so that you can easily return here at any time.

If you are running RealPlayer Intranet Administrator in Windows NT or Windows 2000, the installation process automatically creates a desktop icon that you can use to access RealSystem Administrator.