Allied Telesis AR100 series, User Manual

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to a single registered IP address for communication across the Internet, saving
you the time and expense of assigning registered IP addresses to each device
on your LAN.
Connect you to other trading partners
The AR100 allows small offices to communicate with other trading partners
using ISDN dial-on-demand or ISDN leased line. Information such as reports,
quotes and orders can be transferred between the two offices. The AR100 does
not place any limits on the number of network users, so it will continue to
support you as your business grows.
Make phone and facsimile calls
The AR140 model has two voice ports. Any combination of telephones,
facsimile machines, and answering machines can be connected to these two
ports. Once connected, they behave as if connected to a standard telephone
network. Local, national and international voice and facsimile calls can be sent
and received as normal. There is no need for a separate line for voice, facsimile
and data—one ISDN connection does it all. The two ISDN channels are shared
between data and voice as required. When both channels are being used for
data, the AR100 can be configured to bump one of these channels if a voice call
is required, for example when an emergency number is dialled.
The AR140 Internet Router supports ISDN supplemental services, including
call waiting, conference calling, implicit call transfer and call forwarding. These
services must be provisioned on your ISDN line before they can be used by the
AR140.
Protect your network from unauthorised access
When you connect to the Internet you have unrestricted access to the World-
Wide Web. Likewise, it has access to you! This is not normally a problem as you
are just one of many millions of subscribers. However, the AR100 has a fully
featured stateful inspection firewall that prevents unauthorised users accessing
your local network.
The AR100 also supports ISDN callback to verify the caller using CLI,
disconnect the incoming call, then call the destination back to establish the link.
This allows a remote site to reverse the call charges to a central office, for
central billing of ISDN calls.
Make configuration simple
Your AR100 Series Internet Router has an easy to use web-based configuration
interface. A wizard leads you step by step through setting up an Internet
connection or an inter-office connection for the first time. If you want to add
another connection or change the configuration later on, you can do this easily
from your web browser.