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indicate the bandwidth percentage threshold at which to allocate of remove the second channel. By default this threshold is 60%.

Connect Delay. If you had specified use of the second channel “only as needed” under your Service Provider settings, indicate the length of time that the LAN Modem should wait before adding the second channel, once the default threshold has been breached. By default the length of time is 10 seconds.

Disconnect Delay. If you had specified use of the second channel “only as needed” under your Service Provider settings, indicate the length of time that the LAN Modem should wait before removing the second channel, once the default threshold has been breached. By default the length of time is 20 seconds.

Outgoing Call Control

Enable Outgoing Calls on Line 1. Check this box to enable the LAN Modem to place outgoing calls on modem 1. If you want to prevent any outgoing calls from being placed on this line, uncheck this box. Outgoing calls are enabled by default.

Enable Outgoing Calls on Line 2. Check this box to enable the LAN Modem to place outgoing calls on modem 2. If you want to prevent any outgoing calls from being placed on this line, uncheck this box. Outgoing calls are enabled by default.

To disable all outgoing calls from being placed by any device on the LAN, uncheck both boxes for Outgoing Call Control.

Configuring the Data To configure data call parameters, follow these steps:

Call Parameters

1From the Dual 56K LAN Modem Main Configuration Page, click the Clock icon.

2Specify the Data Call Parameters.

3Click Submit.

If you wish to password-protect the configuration profile of the Dual 56K LAN Modem, refer to “Locking and Unlocking the Configuration.”

Specifying a WINS WINS (Windows Internet Naming Service) is used on Windows NT servers to

Server Addressassociate a computer’s host name with its IP address. If you have a WINS server setup on your network, you can specify the IP address of the WINS server via the LAN Modem’s Maintenance page.

To set a WINS server address, do the following.

1From the LAN Modem’s Main page, click the Advanced button. The Advanced submenu opens.

2Click the Maintenance button. The Maintenance page opens.

3In the WINS Server Address field, specify the IP address of your network’s WINS server.

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