Operation Manual

Logical Connection Timeout
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Predefined charge profiles are supplied with NetWAYS/ISDN
for German rates. These profiles reflect the usual rates ap-
plied to Deutsche Telekom’s standard ISDN line offering.
NetWAYS/ISDN also allows you to create your own charge
profiles or edit an existing one to suit your requirements, by
adding your national holidays for example.
Logical Connection Timeout
A logical network connection can be maintained after the
physical connection has been cleared down due to an inac-
tivity timeout. The logical connection ensures that the physi-
cal connection can be automatically dialed up again, with
the connection parameters already negotiated, when data
needs to be transferred.
You can specify how long a logical connection is maintained
if idle. As long as this delay is not exceeded, certain connec-
tion parameters negotiated with the remote system remain
in effect, and the remote access server keeps a dial-in port
and network resources reserved for the NetWAYS/ISDN client
computer. The remote access server must also support logi-
cal connections, of course.
If the specified time limit for the logical connection has
elapsed without any further physical connections, then the
port is released for other applications or connections.
The following diagram illustrates the relationship between
data communication, the physical inactivity timeout, and the
logical connection timeout.
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