Using Call Scheduling


Call scheduling enables the mechanisim for the ZyAIR to run the remote node connection according to the pre-defined schedule.This feature is just like the scheduler ina video recorder which records the program according to the specified time. Users can apply at most 4 schedule sets in Menu 11 ( Remote Node Setup), and configure each schedule in Menu 26(Schedule Setup). The remote node configured with the schedule set could be "Forced On", "Forced Down", "Enable Dial-On-Demand", or "Disable Dial-On-Demand" on specified date and time.


1. Edit the Schedule sets in menu 26:

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                            ZyAIR G-2000 Main Menu

    Getting Started                      Advanced Management
      1. General Setup                   21. Filter and Firewall Setup
      2. WAN Setup                       22. SNMP Configuration
      3. LAN Setup                       23. System Password
      4. Internet Access Setup           24. System Maintenance
                                         26. Schedule Setup
    Advanced Applications                     
      11. Remote Node Setup
      12. Static Routing Setup
      14. Dial-in User Setup
      15. NAT Server Setup

                                              99. Exit


                        Enter Menu Selection Number:

 

2. Select a Schedule Set number and give it a name:

                   Menu 26 - Schedule Setup

                Schedule                     Schedule
                Set # Name                   Set # Name
                ------ -----------------    ------ -----------------
                1 ZyXEL                     7 _______________
                2 _______________           8 _______________
                3 _______________           9 _______________
                4 _______________          10 _______________
                5 _______________          11 _______________
                6 _______________          12 _______________

                     Enter Schedule Set Number to Configure= 1

                     Edit Name= ZyXEL

                     Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:

 

3. The Menu 26.1 Schedule Set Setup is as follows:

                Menu 26.1 Schedule Set Setup

        Active= Yes
        Start Date(yyyy-mm-dd)= 2004 - 01 - 01
        How Often= Once
        Once:
          Date(yyyy-mm-dd)= 2004 - 01 - 01
        Weekdays:
          Sunday= N/A
          Monday= N/A
          Tuesday= N/A
          Wednesday= N/A
          Thursday= N/A
          Friday= N/A
          Saturday= N/A
        Start Time(hh:mm)= 12 : 00
        Duration(hh:mm)= 16 : 00
        Action= Enable Dial-on-demand

        Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:

Key Settings:

Start Date Start date of this schedule rule. It can be unmatched with weekday setting. For example, if Start Date is 2000/10/02(Monday), but Monday setting in weekday can be No.
How Often If once is selected, all weekday settings will ne marked as N/A. After the rule is completely, it will be deleted automatically.
Forced On The node will always keep up during the setting period. It is equivalent to diable the idel timeout.
Forced Down The node will always keep doen during the setting period. The connected remote node will be dropped.
Enable Dial-On-Demand The remote node accepts Dial-on-demand during this period.
Disable Dial-On-Demand The remote node denies any demand dial during the period. For the existing connected nodes, it will be dropped after idle timeout and no triggered up.
Start Time/ Duration Start Time and Duration of this schedule.

Multiple scheduling rules can program in a Remote node, and they have priority. For example, if we program the sets as 1,2,3,4 in remote node, then the set 1 will override set 2,3,4. set 2 will override 3,4, and so on.

                 Menu 11.1 - Remote Node Profile

      Rem Node Name= ZyXEL               Route= IP
      Active= Yes

      Encapsulation= PPPoE               Edit IP= No
      Service Type= Standard             Telco Option:
      Service Name=                        Allocated Budget(min)= 0
      Outgoing: Period(hr)= 0
        My Login= porta                    Schedules= 1,2,3,4
        My Password= ********              Nailed-Up Connection= No
        Authen= CHAP/PAP
                                        Session Options:
                                        Edit Filter Sets= No
                                        Idle Timeout(sec)= 100

                   Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:

 


There is no RTC (Real Time Clock) chip so the ZyAIR should launch a mechanism to get current time and date from external server in boot time. Time service is implemented by the Daytime protocol(RFC-867), Time protocol(RFC-868), and NTP protocol(RFC-1305). You have to assign an IP address of a time server and then, the ZyAIR will get the date, time, and time-zone information from this server.

          Menu 24.10 - System Maintenance - Time and Date Setting

         Use Time Server when Bootup= NTP (RFC-1305)
         Time Server Address= time-b.nist.gov

         Current Time: 01 : 42 : 52
         New Time (hh:mm:ss): 01 : 42 : 27

         Current Date: 2004 - 01 - 01
         New Date (yyyy-mm-dd): 2004 - 01 - 01

         Time Zone= GMT+0800

         Daylight Saving= No
         Start Date (mm-dd): 01 - 01
         End Date (mm-dd): 01 - 01

            Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:

 


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