Network Design for a Dial NMS Case Study

Introduction to the Case Study

This case study describes:

How one Internet service provider (ISP) designs, implements, and operates a dial network management system (NMS) for a dial Internet access service (DIAS).

How to implement dial NMS protocols, applications, and other utilities.

THEnet is an ISP in Austin, Texas that wants to develop a dial NMS and integrate it with its existing Network Operations Center (NOC). THEnet has two dial point-of-presences (POPs) that provide dial-up services for the following types of customers:

Residential subscribers

Corporations who outsource their dial-up services and want to avoid the overhead of operating their own dial POP.

Figure 4 THEnet Operates Two POPs from One NOC

POP #1

NOC

Firewall

Backbone

router

PSTN Redundancy

Remote modem users

 

Backbone

POP #2

router

Intranet

WAN

Firewall

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Internet

Basic Dial NMS Implementation Guide

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