Dial-in terminal sessions allow the user to configure and manage the FIB as if they were at the FIB's own keyboard. The PPP connection allows a user to use the FIB as a dial-in sever. The FIB may also dial out, either on command or as part of an automated script. The FIB comes with the standard UNIX periodic command scheduler, CRON . This is a program which runs in the background, executing specified commands at specified times.
Programs can be executable binaries or shell scripts.
CRON is configured from the main system configuration utility. The FIB comes with a standard BIND version 8 domain name server, already configured as a caching nameserver. This helps to speed Internet access by remembering addresses of frequently visited sites. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Server Included is a DHCP server, so clients connected to the FIB can be automatically configured using settings configured through the FIB's setup menu. In order to ease configuration, telnet and FTP servers have been included.