Using Call Scheduling


Call scheduling enables the mechanisim for the Prestige 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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                         Prestige 662 Main Menu

       Getting Started                Advanced Management
         1. General Setup               21. Filter Set Configuration
         2. WAN Backup Setup            22. SNMP Configuration
         3. LAN Setup                   23. System Password
         4. Internet Access Setup       24. System Maintenance
                                        25. IP Routing Policy Setup
       Advanced Applications            26. Schedule Setup
         11. Remote Node Setup          27. VPN/IPSec Setup
         12. Static Routing Setup
         14. Dial-in User Setup         99. Exit
         15. NAT Setup                  



                        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)= 2002 - 01 - 01
        How Often= Once
        Once:
          Date(yyyy-mm-dd)= 2002 - 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= CHT                              Route= IP
                  Active= Yes                                                 Bridge= No

                  Encapsulation= PPPoE                                Edit IP/Bridge= No
                  Multiplexing= LLC-based                            Edit ATM Options= No
                  Service Name= N/A                                    Edit Advance Options= No
                  Incoming:                                                     Telco Option:
                      Rem Login= N/A                                         Allocated Budget(min)= 0
                      Rem Password= N/A                                   Period(hr)= 0
                  Outgoing:                                                         Schedule Sets= 1, 2, 3, 4
                      My Login= cso@hinet.net                            Nailed-Up Connection= No
                      My Password= *******                         Session Options:
                      Authen= N/A                                               Edit Filter Sets= No
                                                                                          Idle Timeout(sec)= 0

 


There is no RTC (Real-Time Clock) chip so the Prestige 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 Prestige 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= Daytime (RFC-867)
       Time Server IP Address= 202.132.154.1

       Current Time: 00 : 11 : 38
       New Time (hh:mm:ss): 00 : 11 : 36

       Current Date: 2000 - 01 - 01
       New Date (yyyy-mm-dd): 2000 - 01 - 01

       Time Zone= GMT+0800

       Daylight Saving= No
       Start Date (mm-dd): 01 - 00
       End Date (mm-dd): 01 - 00


                     Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:

 


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