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RiverMaster Administrator’s Guide
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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:
H Direct 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).
H Tunneled 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.