Asentria SiteBoss 571 UserManual
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SiteBoss 571 - PPP Settings
A) PPP Dialout Settings
B) PPP Hosting Settings
D) Route Test Settings
This selection displays settings pertaining to making outbound PPP network connections.
This selection displays displays settings for hosting a PPP connection.
This selection displays settings for network monitoring/PPP backup connection settings. This menu allows you to
configure up to three IP addresses to ping on a regular basis. If any of the configured addresses are up then the
unit will assume Ethernet is a reliable way of sending SNMP traps. If all configured addresses are down then the
unit will fall back to PPP dialout in order to maintain reliable network connectivity for sending SNMP traps.
PPP Dialout Settings
This menu is used to configure settings pertaining to making outbound PPP network connections for an optional
POTs modem.
SiteBoss 571 - PPP Dialout Settings
A) PPP Dialout Enabled [OFF]
B) Phone Number 1 []
C) Phone Number 2 []
D) Phone Number 3 []
E) Phone Number 4 []
F) User Name []
G) Password [********]
H) Idle Connection Disconnect (sec) [60]
I) Maximum Retries [3]
J) Carrier Detect Timeout (sec) [60]
K) Login Sequence Timeout (sec) [30]
L) Dialout Modem Init String []
M) IP Address to Suggest [0.0.0.0]
N) Firewall [ON]
PPP Dialout Enabled
This is an ON/OFF toggle to enable PPP dialout. Default setting is OFF.
Phone Number
n
These fields set the phone number of the PPP host the S571 is to dial into (Maximum length 48 chars for each). If
the connection fails the SiteBoss will try the next phone number entered.
User Name / Password
Use these fields to set the login credentials that are used to log into the PPP host (maximum length for each is 64
chars).
Note: These settings are identical to the same settings in the
– so a change in one
menu will change the settings in the other.
Idle Connection Disconnect (sec)
This field sets the number of seconds to wait before disconnecting an idle connection. A setting of 0 means the
unit does not disconnect due to an idle connection. The default setting is 60 seconds.
Maximum Retries
Enter the maximum number of times to retry a failed connection. The default setting is 3.