User guide

5-12 Inter-office dial-on-demand connection
5. The Inter-Office Connection page for ISDN Dial-on-Demand (Figure 5-9)
allows you to enter the information the router needs to connect to the re-
mote office. The network administrator at the remote office will supply you
with this information.
Figure 5-9: Inter-Office Connection page for ISDN Dial-on-Demand
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Enter the remote office ISDN number. This is the phone number the
router will use to call the remote office.
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Enter the remote office username and password the router will use to
connect to the remote office.
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Enter the local user name and password that the remote office will use
to contact this office. Your network administrator may supply you with
this information. If not, create your own username and password. Use
only letters and digits. Give this information to your network adminis-
trator at the remote office, who needs to enter it into the remote office
router’s configuration. This local username and password is used when
the remote office router contacts your office.
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The Make ISDN call semi-permanent check box appears in Australia
only. In Australia, some ISDN service providers have charges appropri-
ate to semi-permanent ISDN calls, for instance OnRamp Express. If you
select Make call semi-permanent the call will be kept up and will be
reconnected if a fault in the ISDN network disconnects it. Choose
whether or not to the call to your remote office semi-permanent.
Note for Australia only: To make this call semi-permanent, you will need to do
three things. Firstly, select Make call semi-permanent in this page. Secondly, set
the Auto-disconnect time to Off after you have finished the Configuration Wiz-
ard (see the Inter-Office Connection page (Figure 7-6)). Thirdly, tell the net-
work administrator at your remote office that you have set up a semi-permanent