Draytek 5500 Series

VigorPro5500 Series User’s Guide 131

If you have applied to an MSN number service, the Virtual TA server can assign which client

has the specified MSN number. When an incoming call arrives, the server will inform the

appropriate client. Now we set an example to describe the configuration of the MSN number.

Suppose that you could assign the MSN number 123 to the client “Jack”.

Type the specified MSN number in the CAPI-based software. When the Virtual TA server

sends an alert signal to the specified Virtual TA client, the CAPI-based software will also

receive the action, the software will not accept the incoming call.

Some applications require that the router (only for the ISDN models) be remotely activated,

or be able to dial up to the ISP via the ISDN interface. Vigor routers provide this feature by

allowing user to make a phone call to the router and then ask it to dial up to the ISP.

Accordingly, a teleworker can access the remote network to retrieve resources. Of course, a

fixed IP address is required for WAN connection and some internal network resource has to

be exposed for remote users, such as FTP, WWW.

Call Control Setup Dial Retry - It specifies the dial retry counts per triggered

packet. A triggered packet is the packet whose destination is

outside the local network. The default setting is no dial retry.

If set to 5, for each triggered packet, the router will dial 5

times until it is connected to the ISP or remote access router.

Dial Delay Interval - It specifies the interval between dialup

retries. By default, the interval is 0 second.

Remote Activation – It can help users who would like to

access the server which is off the Internet in the head office.

To remotely make the server to be available on the Internet, i.e.

make the router in the head office activating its Internet access

either by dialing-up or starting broadband connection, users

can make a regular phone call (the number is set in the

Remote Activation field) to the router as signaling it for