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Access Server Administrators’ Reference Guide 8 • Dial Out

Introduction

The Dial Out PPP feature allows the Remote Access Server to initiate PPP calls to remote locations. The administrator can set locations to be called manually, continuously, or only when needed (dial-on-demand).

The Dial Out window (see figure 41) contains the following items:

•Ability to change the order of calls on the main dial-out screen.

•Statistics for individual users—able to view user settings

•Details link—view dialout parameters

•Modify link—modify dialout parameters

•Locations link—view, add, and modify dial out locations

•Modem Profiles link—view, add, and modify modem profiles used to dial locations

Figure 41. Dial Out main window

Dial Out Main Window

The Dial Out main window displays statistics for individual calls. The following section explains the meaning of each statistic.

Call Sorting (doPageSort)

Change the order of the calls on the screen.

•Descending—calls are sorted from the latest call at the top to the oldest call at the bottom.

•Ascending—calls are sorted from the oldest call at the top to the latest call at the bottom.

Active Calls (doActive)

The total number of active outbound calls.

Call ID (doactIndex)

Unique identification of this call for internal use. Subsequent calls in a multilink PPP session refer to this ID as a pointer to the bundlehead or originating call.

ML ID (doactMultiIndex)

Pointer to the bundle head or originating call of a multlink PPP session.

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