Specifications

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A timeout period is desirable if your service provider charges by the hour. However, the connection has to wait a
few seconds each time a channel is re-allocated.
Note: The timeout period set by this command is not effective if a remote setMinLines command has changed
the minlines value from its default (0) to 1 or 2.
seconds Number of seconds in the timeout period. The default is 60.
remoteName Name of the remote router (character string).
Example:
The following commands set up a timeout period so that, if there is no traffic for 10 minutes (600 seconds), the
channel is deallocated.
remote setMinLine 0 PPPoEuser
remote settimer 600 PPPoEuser
REMOTE START
If the remote is not currently active, this command attempts to start an active session.
Note: A reboot ends the active session; to start a session after the reboot, you must enter another remote start
command.
To stop an active session for the remote, use the command remote stop (page 288). To stop and immediately
restart a session for the remote, use the command remote restart (page 274).
remoteName Remote interface name.
Example:
The following command starts remote interface HQ.
remote start HQ
REMOTE STATS
Shows the current status of the connection to the remote router, including the bandwidth and data transfer rate.
remote setTimer <seconds> <remoteName>
remote start <remoteName>
remote stats [<remoteName>]
remoteName Name of the remote router (character string).
Example:
remote stats HQ
Response: