Chapter 29 WAN and Dial Backup Setup

The following table describes the fields in this menu.

Table 181 Menu 11.3: Remote Node Profile (Backup ISP)

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

Rem Node

Enter a descriptive name for the remote node. This field can be up to eight

Name

characters.

 

 

Active

Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to select Yes to enable the remote node or

 

No to disable the remote node.

 

 

Outgoing

 

 

 

My Login

Enter the login name assigned by your ISP for this remote node.

 

 

My Password

Enter the password assigned by your ISP for this remote node.

 

 

Retype to

Enter your password again to make sure that you have entered is correctly.

Confirm

 

 

 

Authen

This field sets the authentication protocol used for outgoing calls.

 

Options for this field are:

 

CHAP/PAP - Your ZyWALL will accept either CHAP or PAP when requested by this

 

remote node.

 

CHAP - accept CHAP only.

 

PAP - accept PAP only.

 

 

Pri Phone #

Enter the first (primary) phone number from the ISP for this remote node. If the

Sec Phone #

Primary Phone number is busy or does not answer, your ZyWALL dials the

 

Secondary Phone number if available. Some areas require dialing the pound sign #

 

before the phone number for local calls. Include a # symbol at the beginning of the

 

phone numbers as required.

 

 

Edit IP

This field leads to a “hidden” menu. Press [SPACE BAR] to select Yes and press

 

[ENTER] to go to Menu 11.2.2 - Remote Node Network Layer Options. See

 

Section 29.7 on page 487 for more information.

 

 

Edit Script

Press [SPACE BAR] to select Yes and press [ENTER] to edit the AT script for the

Options

dial backup remote node (Menu 11.2.3 - Remote Node Script). See Section 29.8 on

 

page 488 for more information.

 

 

Telco Option

 

 

 

Allocated

Enter the maximum number of minutes that this remote node may be called within

Budget

the time period configured in the Period field. The default for this field is 0 meaning

 

there is no budget control and no time limit for accessing this remote node.

 

 

Period(hr)

Enter the time period (in hours) for how often the budget should be reset. For

 

example, to allow calls to this remote node for a maximum of 10 minutes every hour,

 

set the Allocated Budget to 10 (minutes) and the Period to 1 (hour).

 

 

Schedules

You can apply up to four schedule sets here. For more details please refer to Chapter

 

44 on page 599.

 

 

Always On

Press [SPACE BAR] to select Yes to set this connection to be on all the time,

 

regardless of whether or not there is any traffic. Select No to have this connection act

 

as a dial-up connection.

 

 

Session

 

Options

 

 

 

Edit Filter sets

This field leads to another “hidden” menu. Use [SPACE BAR] to select Yes and press

 

[ENTER] to open menu 11.2.4 to edit the filter sets. See Section 29.9 on page 489 for

 

more details.

 

 

Idle Timeout

Enter the number of seconds of idle time (when there is no traffic from the ZyWALL to

 

the remote node) that can elapse before the ZyWALL automatically disconnects the

 

PPP connection. This option only applies when the ZyWALL initiates the call.

 

 

Once you have configured this menu, press [ENTER] at the message “Press ENTER to Confirm...” to save your configuration, or press [ESC] at any time to cancel.

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