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Chapter 5 Before You Begin

Controlling Remote User Dialing & Access

Corporate Dial-Up Access

Within RiverMaster, the terms corporate ISP and corporate POPs are used to describe two types of connections:

HDirect dial-up remote access to equipment on your corporate network, such as a Windows NT Server equipped with modems and running remote access service (RAS).

HTunneled access through an ISP that is not included in the TollSaver database (such as a small, regional ISP that provides your Internet connectivity).

You can integrate phone numbers for these connections into the TollSaver database as corporate POPs. Aurorean Client treats these corporate POP phone numbers no differently from actual POP phone numbers. When the Aurorean Client user enters a From location that is within the local calling area of the direct dial-up equipment or the regional ISP, the corporate POP appears in the list of available POP phone numbers.

To integrate corporate POP phone numbers into the TollSaver database, you first define one or more corporate ISPs. Defining an ISP involves describing its location, entering support contact phone numbers, and corporate network information. You must then add individual corporate POP phone numbers to each corporate ISP. In addition to the phone number, you can choose cost and performance indicators that factor into the weight assigned to this method. This weight determines the POPs placement in the dialing list. The POP phone number with the lowest weight is dialed first; if the POP fails to answer the call (for example, if the line is busy), Aurorean Client automatically dials the next POP phone number. By assigning corporate POPs greater weights than standard Internet POPs, you can prevent these direct dial-up connections from being used until all other options are exhausted.

Once you create a corporate ISP, it appears in the list of available ISPs. You then choose the corporate ISP when you select all the ISPs that you want to be part of a POP package. For instructions on defining a corporate ISP for dial-up access, refer to “Adding Corporate ISPs” on page 108. After you define the ISP, you can add individual dial-up POP phone numbers as described in “Adding POPs for Corporate ISPs” on page 114, or, if you wish to gather selected ISPs in a group, you can create a POP package, as described in “Creating POP Packages” on page 105.

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